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. 2006 Feb;12(2):347-50.
doi: 10.3201/eid1202.051133.

Human metapneumovirus, Peru

Gregory C Gray  1 , Ana W Capuano, Sharon F Setterquist, Jose L Sanchez, James S Neville, James Olson, Mark G A Lebeck, Troy McCarthy, Yacine Abed, Guy Boivin
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Human metapneumovirus, Peru

Gregory C Gray et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

We retrospectively studied 420 pharyngeal swab specimens collected from Peruvian and Argentinean patients with influenzalike illness in 2002 and 2003 for evidence of human metapneumovirus (HMPV). Twelve specimens (2.3%) were positive by multiple assays. Six specimens yielded HMPV isolates. Four of the 6 isolates were of the uncommon B1 genotype.

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G-gene phylogenetic relationships of 6 human metapneumovirus (HMPV) isolates detected in South America during 2002 and 2003 compared to prototypic HMPV isolates from the Netherlands: NL/1/00, NL/17/00, NL/1/99, NL/1/94 (accession nos. AF371337, AY296021, AY525843, and AY296040, respectively) and from Canada: Can97-83, HMPV-13-00, CAN98-75, and HMPV-33-01 (accession nos. AY485253, AY485232, AY485245, and AY485242, respectively). Classification of genotypes was made according to previous reports (13,14).
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