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An In vitro Model to Study Immune Responses of Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells to Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
Published on: December 10, 2013
[Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants]
Objective:
To search for the molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in infants.
Methods:
The randomly amplified polymorphism DNA (RAPD) technology was used to study 96 RSV strains isolated and identified from the patients in Changchun State Hospital of Pediatrics during 1992-1994 and 1 reference strain of M type.
Results:
All strains were typable, four RAPD patterns were observed, different diseases have different types. 87.14% of the patients' RSV strains had the same RAPD pattern(R1).
Conclusion:
RAPD method is a rapid, easy and high resolution technique, with which we can know on the molecular level the microbial infection state. There was epidemic of R1 type infection during the period surveyed.
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