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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Autores principales: Gray, Gregory C., Capuano, Ana W., Setterquist, Sharon F., Sanchez, Jose L., Neville, James S., Olson, James, Lebeck, Mark G A, McCarthy, Troy, Abed, Yacine, Boivin, Guy
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1673211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16494771
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1202.051133
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Sumario: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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