Emerging Human Metapneumovirus Gene Duplication Variants in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, China, 2017–2019

Emerging Human Metapneumovirus Gene Duplication Variants in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, China, 2017–2019

We detected human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in 72 (7.1%) of 1,021 patients hospitalized with severe acute respiratory infection in Luohe, China, during 2017–2019. We detected HMPV most frequently in young children and less often in adults. HMPV genotype A2c variants 111 nt and 180 nt duplications pred...

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Main Authors: Zhibo Xie, Jin Xu, Yunhui Ren, Aili Cui, Huiling Wang, Jinhua Song, Qiang Zhang, Manli Hu, Wenbo Xu, Yan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
acute respiratory tract infections
China
genetic variations
human metapneumovirus
Metapneumovirus
Pneumoviridae
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/1/20-1043_article

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