Novel human metapneumovirus sublineage

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-150

  Huck, Barbara ^a   Scharf, Gesa ^a   Neumann Haefelin, Dieter ^a   Puppe, Wolfram ^b   Weigl, Josef ^b   Falcone, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIATRICS; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 31344443047     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1201.050772     Document Type: Article

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