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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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2006-02, Vol.12 (2), p.347-350
Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis
Cell Line
Child
Child, Preschool
Dispatch
epidemiology
Female
genotyping
Glycoproteins - genetics
Human metapneumovirus
Humans
Latin America
Male
Metapneumovirus
Metapneumovirus - classification
Metapneumovirus - genetics
Metapneumovirus - isolation & purification
Molecular Sequence Data
Paramyxoviridae Infections - epidemiology
Paramyxoviridae Infections - virology
Paramyxoviruses
Peru - epidemiology
Pharynx - virology
Phylogeny
pneumovirinae
Polymerase chain reaction
Population Surveillance
respiratory tract infections
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Specimen Handling - methods
Throat diseases
Viral Proteins - genetics
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1202.051133