Novel human metapneumovirus sublineage

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jan;12(1):147-50. doi: 10.3201/eid1201.050772.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Carrier State / virology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Genetic Variation / genetics
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Metapneumovirus / classification*
  • Metapneumovirus / genetics*
  • Metapneumovirus / isolation & purification
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Nasopharynx / virology
  • Paramyxoviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Paramyxoviridae Infections / virology*
  • Phylogeny*
  • Population Surveillance
  • Time Factors