Novel human metapneumovirus sublineage.
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.
University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. barbara.huck@uni-heidelberg.de
Barbara
B
Huck
Gesa
G
Scharf
Dieter
D
Neumann-Haefelin
Wolfram
W
Puppe
Josef
J
Weigl
Valeria
V
Falcone
D000293:Adolescent; D002353:Carrier State / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D029121:Metapneumovirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000821:virology; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013997:Time Factors