## Abstract A new human pneumovirus, provisionally designated human metapneumovirus, was discovered by Dutch researchers. We examined 142 serum samples from the general population aged from 1 month to 35 years in Japan for human metapneumovirus antibody by indirect immunofluorescence assays using h
OUTBREAK OF HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS INFECTION IN ELDERLY INPATIENTS IN JAPAN
β Scribed by Haruhito Honda; Jun Iwahashi; Takahito Kashiwagi; Yoshihiro Imamura; Nobuyuki Hamada; Takehiko Anraku; Seiichiro Ueda; Tsugiyasu Kanda; Takashi Takahashi; Shigeto Morimoto
- Book ID
- 109128691
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-8614
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