Volume 8, Number 9, September 2002

Research

Human Metapneumovirus as a Cause of Community-Acquired Respiratory Illness [1]

Joanne Stockton,* Iain Stephenson,† Douglas Fleming,‡ and Maria Zambon*
^*Public Health Laboratory Service Central Public Health Laboratory, London, United Kingdom; †Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom; and ‡Royal College of General Practitioners Surveillance Unit, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Figure 1. Incidence of influenzalike illness consultations in England during winter 2000–01 and timing of collection of positive samples for human Metapneumovirus (HMPV). HRSV, Human respiratory syncytial virus; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; RCGP, Royal College of General Practitioners. RCGP index is the consultation rate per 100,000 of the population for ILI>

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