Human metapneumovirus strains circulating in Latin America

The h uman m eta p neumo v irus (HMPV) is responsible for acute respiratory tract infections in young children, elderly patients, and immunocompromised hosts. In this study, we genetically analyzed the circulating HMPV in Central and South America from July 2008 to June 2009 and characterized the st...

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Published in:Archives of virology 2012-03, Vol.157 (3), p.563-568
Main Authors: Garcia, Josefina, Sovero, Merly, Kochel, Tadeusz, Laguna-Torres, V. Alberto, Gamero, Maria Ester, Gomez, Jorge, Sanchez, Felix, Arango, Ana E., Jaramillo, Sergio, Halsey, Eric S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Brief Report
Child
Child, Preschool
Cluster Analysis
DNA Primers - genetics
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genotype
Human metapneumovirus
Humans
Illnesses
Infant
Infections
Infectious Diseases
Latin America - epidemiology
Male
Medical Microbiology
Medical research
Metapneumovirus - classification
Metapneumovirus - genetics
Metapneumovirus - isolation & purification
Microbiology
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Paramyxoviridae Infections - epidemiology
Paramyxoviridae Infections - virology
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections - virology
RNA, Viral - genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Software
Virology
Viruses
Young Adult
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Summary:The h uman m eta p neumo v irus (HMPV) is responsible for acute respiratory tract infections in young children, elderly patients, and immunocompromised hosts. In this study, we genetically analyzed the circulating HMPV in Central and South America from July 2008 to June 2009 and characterized the strains present in this region. Samples were collected during an international collaborative influenza like illness surveillance study and then sequenced with specific primers for the HMPV G gene. Our results show that two distinct clusters of HMPV circulated in Central and South America, subtypes A2 and B2 being the predominant strains.
ISSN:0304-8608
1432-8798
DOI:10.1007/s00705-011-1204-8