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Pneumovirinae

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Pneumovirinae
a subfamily of viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae. See pneumovirus.


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Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is the newest member of the family Paramyxoviridae, in the subfamily Pneumovirinae, shared with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (1).
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a negative-sense, single-stranded, nonsegmented RNA virus of the genus Metapneumovirus of subfamily Pneumovirinae of the family Paramyxoviridae, a large family of viruses that affect humans and animals (1).
Genetically, its closest relative is the avian pneumovirus type C (1,13,14); however, clinically, it resembles the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (15), a common respiratory pathogen classified in the family Paramyxoviridae, subfamily Pneumovirinae.
 
 
 
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