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Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020
Research Letter

Outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Zoo, Slovenia

Tina UršičComments to Author , Nika Lalek, Pavel Kvapil, Marjan Kastelic, Vasilij Cociancich, Irena G. Košnik, and Miroslav Petrovec
Author affiliations: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (T. Uršič, V. Cociancich, M. Petrovec); Golnik University Clinic of Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases, Golnik, Slovenia (N. Lalek); Ljubljana Zoo, Ljubljana (P. Kvapil, M. Kastelic); National Institute of Public Health, National Laboratory of Health, Environment, and Food, Maribor, Slovenia (I.G. Košnik)

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Phylogenetic tree of human metapneumovirus fusion protein gene fragments (518 bp) from chimpanzees and a keeper in a zoo, Slovenia, compared with randomly selected sequences from other patients with human metapneumovirus infections. Fusion protein gene fragments were inferred by using the maximum-likelihood method under a Tamura–Nei substitution model. I indicates sequences obtained from patients hospitalized at the Infectious Disease Department, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia; P

Figure. Phylogenetic tree of human metapneumovirus fusion protein gene fragments (518 bp) from chimpanzees and a keeper in a zoo, Slovenia, compared with randomly selected sequences from other patients with human metapneumovirus infections. Fusion protein gene fragments were inferred by using the maximum-likelihood method under a Tamura–Nei substitution model. I indicates sequences obtained from patients hospitalized at the Infectious Disease Department, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia; P indicates sequences obtained from patients hospitalized at the Pediatric Department at the same centre. Sequences I1–I7 are from samples collected during June 3–28, 2013, and sequences P1–P5 are from samples collected during June 4–July 2, 2013. All sequences were obtained from patients in the central region of Slovenia. Sequences with accession numbers were selected from GenBank. Numbers along branches are bootstrap values. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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