| HRSV | Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus |
| ARI | Acute Respiratory Infection |
| RGCC | RSV Genotyping Consensus Consortium |
| RT-PCR | Polymerase chain reaction with reverse transcription |
| cDNA | Complementary DNA |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| BLAST | Basic Local Alignment Search Tool |