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Molecular epidemiology of human metapneumovirus from 2005 to 2011 in Fukui, Japan.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Nakamura Masako, Hirano Eiko, Ishiguro Fubito, Mizuta Katsumi, Noda Masahiro, Tanaka Ryota, Tsukagoshi Hiroyuki, Kimura Hirokazu
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the molecular epidemiology of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections in acute respiratory infections (ARI), we performed genetic analysis of the F gene in HMPV from patients with ARI in Fukui Prefecture from August 2005 to July 2011. HMPV was detected in 53 of 741 nasopharyngeal swabs (7.2%). Phylogenetic analysis helped us assign 31 strains to subgroup A2, 1 strain to subgroup B1, and 21 strains...
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