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Volume 11, Number 7—July 2005
Research

Human Metapneumovirus Genetic Variability, South Africa

Herbert P. Ludewick*, Yacine Abed†, Nadia van Niekerk*, Guy Boivin†, Keith P. Klugman*‡, and Shabir A. Madhi*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; †Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; ‡Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table

Human metapneumovirus F and G gene nucleotide and amino acid identities of South African strains in 3 consecutive years (2000–2002)

Gene Subgroups % nucleotide (amino acid) identities
A1 A2 B1 B2
F A1 99–100 (98.4–100) 93–95 (96.3–97.9) 83.8–84.1 (93.2–94.3) 82.7–84.5 (94.3–95.8)
A2 99–100 (99.4–100) 83–83.8 (94.3) 83.1–85 (95.3–95.8)
B1 98–100 (100) 93–95 (98.4)
B2 96–100 (99.4)
G A1 95.4–100 (87.5–100) 72.8–74.7 (55–63.6) 45.9–47.8 (24.3–26.2) 47.4–48.7 (22.4–26.7)
A2 95–100 (88.6–98.1) 50.3–51.8 (25.4–27.7) 51–53.1 (23.6–27.6)
B1 93.2 (87.9) 77.4–80.5 (58.2–62.8)
B2 93.2–100 (82.8–100)

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