Genetic variability of human metapneumovirus infection: Evidence of a shift in viral genotype without a change in illness

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 396-403

  Agapov, Eugene ^a   Sumino, Kahara C ^a   Gaudreault Keener, Monique ^b   Storch, Gregory A ^a,b   Holtzman, Michael J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MISSOURI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASOPHARYNX; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 31044445695     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499310     Document Type: Article

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