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Volume 20, Number 6—June 2014
Research

Rapid Spread and Diversification of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Genotype ON1, Kenya

Charles N. AgotiComments to Author , James R. Otieno, Caroline W. Gitahi, Patricia A. Cane, and D. James Nokes
Author affiliations: Kenya Medical Research Institute–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya (C.N. Agoti, J.R. Otieno, C.W. Gitahi, D.J. Nokes); Public Health England, London, UK (P.A. Cane); University of Warwick and WIDER, Coventry, UK (D.J. Nokes)

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A) Number of persons positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) genotype ON1 during 2 infection waves, Kilifi, Kenya, 2012. Blue line indicates cases of RSV group A infection; red line indicates cases of RSV group B infection; bars indicate number of ON1 case-patients admitted to Kilifi District Hospital during January 1–December 31, 2012. The first ON1 infection wave (green shading) overlapped with a 2011–12 RSV epidemic, and the second ON1 infection wave (blue shading) overlapped with a 20

Figure 1. A) Number of persons positive for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) genotype ON1 during 2 infection waves, Kilifi, Kenya, 2012Blue line indicates cases of RSV group A infection; red line indicates cases of RSV group B infection; bars indicate number of ON1 case-patients admitted to Kilifi District Hospital during January 1–December 31, 2012The first ON1 infection wave (green shading) overlapped with a 2011–12 RSV epidemic, and the second ON1 infection wave (blue shading) overlapped with a 2012–13 RSV epidemic (see arrows above graph)B) Lifespans of the main ON1 lineages observed at KilifiNumbers inside arrows indicate the number of sequences for the lineage named at the far left.

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