Emerging infectious diseases · 2006 · 11 citations · 15 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyInfectious Disease EpidemiologyMolecular VirologyVirologyRespiratory DiseaseRespiratory InfectionsRespiratory Infectious DiseasesRespiratory Tract InfectionsViral EpidemiologyViral InfectionsHuman Metapneumovirus InfectionRespiratory Infection EpidemiologyRespiratory Viral InfectionsRespiratory Viral PathogenesisRespiratory VirusesSeasonality Of Respiratory InfectionsViral Genotype-phenotype AssociationViral Respiratory Infections
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.
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Analysis of the Genomic Sequence of a Human Metapneumovirus
Bernadette G. van den Hoogen, Theo M. Bestebroer, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus et al. · Virology · 2002 · 475 citations · Full text