Human Metapneumovirus, Australia, 2001–2004

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Sloots, Theo P. ; Mackay, Ian M. ; Bialasiewicz, Seweryn ; Jacob, Kevin C. ; McQueen, Emily ; Harnett, Gerald B. ; Siebert, David J. ; Masters, I. Brent ; Young, Paul R. ; Nissen, Michael D.
• Description:
  We examined 10,025 respiratory samples collected for 4 years (2001-2004) and found a 7.1% average annual incidence of human metapneumovirus. The epidemic peak of infection was late winter to spring, and genotyping showed a change in predominant viral genotype in 3 of the 4 years.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Genetic Variation Humans Incidence Infant Metapneumovirus Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data Paramyxoviridae Infections Phylogeny Respiratory Tract Infections Seasons Sequence Analysis, DNA

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(8):1263-1266.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Australia
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:28152f514c365cebdf4188564f30eadc60381eee0fcbbbf0ca180bf1063e7b68
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16098/cdc_16098_DS1.pdf
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