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Case Reports
. 2002 Sep;8(9):976-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid0809.020238.

Respiratory tract reinfections by the new human Metapneumovirus in an immunocompromised child

Gilles Pelletier  1 , Pierre Déry, Yacine Abed, Guy Boivin
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Case Reports

Respiratory tract reinfections by the new human Metapneumovirus in an immunocompromised child

Gilles Pelletier et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Sep.

Abstract

The human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), a new member of the Paramyxoviridae family, has been recently associated with respiratory tract infections in young children. We report the case of a young, immunocompromised child who had severe lower respiratory tract infections during two consecutive winter seasons caused by genetically distinct HMPV strains.

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Comparison of the partial amino acid sequences of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) isolates 1 (recovered in 1998) and 2 (recovered in 1999) for the fusion protein (residues 1 to 253). The sequences were aligned with the reference sequence from the Netherlands (GenBank accession no. AF371337). Asterisks denote identical residues; the shaded boxes highlight different amino acids between the two HMPV isolates from this study.
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