Volume 12, Number 8—August 2006
Dispatch
Human Metapneumovirus, Australia, 2001–2004
Theo P. Sloots*†‡§1
, Ian M. Mackay*†‡1, Seweryn Bialasiewicz*†, Kevin C. Jacob*†‡, Emily McQueen*†, Gerald B. Harnett¶, David J. Siebert§, I. Brent Masters*, Paul R. Young‡, and Michael D. Nissen*†‡§
, Ian M. Mackay*†‡1, Seweryn Bialasiewicz*†, Kevin C. Jacob*†‡, Emily McQueen*†, Gerald B. Harnett¶, David J. Siebert§, I. Brent Masters*, Paul R. Young‡, and Michael D. Nissen*†‡§Table 1
Distribution of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) subtypes in Queensland, Australia, 2001–2004
| Year | Total samples tested | HMPV subtype |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | ||
| 2001 | 59 | 58 | 24 | 8 | 10 |
| 2002 | 122 | 20 | 51 | 12 | 17 |
| 2003 | 189 | 10 | 36 | 30 | 24 |
| 2004 | 270 | 1 | 23 | 59 | 17 |
1These authors contributed equally to this study.
