1. Novel Human Metapneumovirus Sublineage
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Barbara Huck, Gesa Scharf, Dieter Neumann-Haefelin, Wolfram Puppe, Josef Weigl, and Valeria Falcone
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human metapneumovirus ,HMPV ,respiratory infections ,phylogeny ,dispatch ,Germany ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
In a pediatric surveillance network, 287 (5.1%) of 5,580 specimens from patients with acute respiratory infections tested positive for human metapneumovirus (HMPV). Phylogenetic analysis of N- and F-gene sequences of identified HMPV showed that 30% belonged to a novel phylogenetic cluster.
- Published
- 2006
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