Human Metapneumovirus, Peru

Human Metapneumovirus, Peru

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 t...

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Main Authors: Gregory C. Gray, Ana W. Capuano, Sharon F. Setterquist, Jose L. Sanchez, James S. Neville, James Olson, Mark G A Lebeck, Troy McCarthy, Yacine Abed, Guy Boivin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Metapneumovirus
pneumovirinae
respiratory tract infections
epidemiology
genotyping
Latin America
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/2/05-1133_article

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