A newly discovered human pneumovirus isolated from young children with respiratory tract disease
van den Hoogen BG;de Jong JC;Groen J;Kuiken T;de Groot R;Fouchier RA;Osterhaus AD;;
Nature Medicine2001Vol. 7pp. -
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bg2001naturea
Abstract
From 28 young children in the Netherlands, we isolated a paramyxovirus that was identified as a tentative new member of the Metapneumovirus genus based on virological data, sequence homology and gene constellation. Previously, avian pneumovirus was the sole member of this recently assigned genus, he …