Characteristics and Their Clinical Relevance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Types and Genotypes Circulating in Northern Italy in Five Consecutive Winter Seasons

Susanna Esposito; Antonio Piralla; Alberto Zampiero; Sonia Bianchini; Giada Di Pietro; Alessia Scala; Raffaella Pinzani; Emilio Fossali; Fausto Baldanti; Nicola Principi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129369

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Characteristics and Their Clinical Relevance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Types and Genotypes Circulating in Northern Italy in Five Consecutive Winter Seasons

Susanna Esposito ,

* E-mail: susanna.esposito@unimi.it

Affiliation Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Antonio Piralla,

Affiliation Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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Alberto Zampiero,

Affiliation Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Sonia Bianchini,

Affiliation Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Giada Di Pietro,

Affiliation Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Alessia Scala,

Affiliation Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Raffaella Pinzani,

Affiliation Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Emilio Fossali,

Affiliation Emergency Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Fausto Baldanti,

Affiliations Molecular Virology Unit, Microbiology and Virology Department Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Section of Microbiology, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Nicola Principi

Affiliation Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Characteristics and Their Clinical Relevance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Types and Genotypes Circulating in Northern Italy in Five Consecutive Winter Seasons

Susanna Esposito,
Antonio Piralla,
Alberto Zampiero,
Sonia Bianchini,
Giada Di Pietro,
Alessia Scala,
Raffaella Pinzani,
Emilio Fossali,
Fausto Baldanti,
Nicola Principi

Published: June 5, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129369

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