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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Xie, Zhibo ; Xu, Jin ; Ren, Yunhui ; Cui, Aili ; Wang, Huiling ; Song, Jinhua ; Zhang, Qiang ; Hu, Manli ; Xu, Wenbo ; Zhang, Yan
• Description:
  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 predominated, demonstrating their continuing geographic spread.
• Subjects:
  Child Child, Preschool Gene Duplication Humans Infant Metapneumovirus Paramyxoviridae Infections Respiratory Tract Infections
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(1):275-277
• Pubmed ID:
  33350918
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7774569
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d0fe9ed43b67083eae44742c11ecb1f7c46249a9a8f27ce9145219a2d86a52f9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/99973/cdc_99973_DS1.pdf
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