There is limited information about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in high-risk children from developing countries or on the genotype characterisation of the circulating virus.
Paediaric Infectious Diseases Research Unit, Wits Health Consortium, Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, PO Box 1038, SAIMR-Room 11, Bertsham, 2013, South Africa. shabirm@mail.saimr.witx.ac.za