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Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
Research

Spread and Evolution of Respiratory Syncytial Virus A Genotype ON1, Coastal Kenya, 2010–2015

James R. OtienoComments to Author , Everlyn M. Kamau, Charles N. Agoti, Clement Lewa, Grieven Otieno, Ann Bett, Mwanajuma Ngama, Patricia A. Cane, and D. James Nokes
Author affiliations: Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)–Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya (J.R. Otieno, E.M. Kamau, C.N. Agoti, C. Lewa, G. Otieno, A. Bett, M. Ngama, D.J. Nokes); Pwani University, Kilifi (C.N. Agoti); Public Health England, Salisbury, UK (P.A. Cane); University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (D.J. Nokes)

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Figure 1

Circulating patterns of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Kilifi, Kenya, September 2010– August 2015. A) Total RSV-positive cases (gray continuous line) and typed RSV-A samples (dotted orange line) by month. B) The proportion of RSV-A genotypes ON1 (black) and GA2 (green) per epidemic season. An RSV epidemic season is designated to start in September of 1 year until August of the following year. Unusually, for the last 3 seasons, group A represents most of all RSV cases

Figure 1. Circulating patterns of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Kilifi, Kenya, September 2010– August 2015. A) Total RSV-positive cases (gray continuous line) and typed RSV-A samples (dotted orange line) by month. B) The proportion of RSV-A genotypes ON1 (black) and GA2 (green) per epidemic season. An RSV epidemic season is designated to start in September of 1 year until August of the following year. Unusually, for the last 3 seasons, group A represents most of all RSV cases

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