A novel 111‐nucleotide duplication in the G gene of human metapneumovirus |
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| Authors: | Miwako Saikusa Naganori Nao Chiharu Kawakami Shuzo Usuku Tadayoshi Sasao Takahiro Toyozawa Makoto Takeda Ichiro Okubo |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Yokohama City Institute of Public Health, Yokohama 236‐0051, Kanagawa, Japan;2. Department of Virology 3, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama, 208‐0011, Tokyo, Japan;3. Yokohama City Public Health Center, Yokohama 231‐0017, Kanagawa, Japan |
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| Abstract: | In 2017, novel human metapneumovirus (HMPV) A2b subgroup strains with a 111‐nucleotide duplication in the G gene was detected by the present team. These strains were related to previously identified HMPV A2b strains with a 180‐nucleotide duplication; however, they appeared to be different strains, produced by an independent duplication event. The recent evolution of HMPV suggests that careful monitoring of this virus is required. |
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| Keywords: | duplication G gene human metapneumovirus |
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