Detection of ON1 and novel genotypes of human respiratory syncytial virus and emergence of palivizumab resistance in Lebanon

• Hadi Abou-El-Hassan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology, and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Elie Massaad,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology, and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Nadia Soudani,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology, and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, EDST, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon

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• Aia Assaf-Casals,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Infectious Diseases Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Rouba Shaker,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Infectious Diseases Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Mireille Lteif Khoury,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliations Center for Infectious Diseases Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Soha Ghanem,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Maria Karam,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kiserwan Medical Center, Jounieh, Lebanon

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• Rabih Andary,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Al-Jabal Hospital, Aley, Lebanon

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• Reiko Saito,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of International Health (Public Health), Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

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• Ghassan Dbaibo,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Infectious Diseases Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Hassan Zaraket

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hz34@aub.edu.lb

  Affiliations Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology, and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3807-6409

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