Article
Novel human metapneumovirus sublineage.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2006
Huck Barbara, Scharf Gesa, Neumann-Haefelin Dieter, Puppe Wolfram, Weigl Josef, Falcone Valeria
Abstract excerpt
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.
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
