Comparison of human metapneumovirus genotypes from the Province of Bolzano in northern Italy with strains from surrounding regions in Italy and Austria

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-156

  Larcher, Clara ^a   Pagani, Elisabetta ^a   Rossi, Patrizia ^a   Amato, Barbara ^b   Pescollderungg, Lydia ^b   Campanini, Giulia ^c   Percivalle, Elena ^c   Huemer, Hartwig P ^d  

^a Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige   (Italy)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRIA; CHILD; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ITALY; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHARYNX; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS;

EID: 43449113928     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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