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Observational study reveals repeated symptomatic respiratory syncytial virus infections in 11 individuals, suggesting natural infection does not provide durable complete immunity.
Summary The occurrence of two symptomatic virus-shedding infections with R.S. virus has been documented in 11 patients. The occurrence of these reinfections could not be attributed to antigenic variation of virus, age of patient at the time of first infection or prolonged interval of time between infections.
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