ArticleArchives of virology2014
Development of real-time RT-PCR for detection of human metapneumovirus and genetic analysis of circulating strains (2009-2011) in Pune, India.
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- Burden of Human Metapneumovirus in India: Epidemiological Trends and Clinical Impact.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026Review
- Human metapneumovirus: pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnostic technologies, and potential intervention strategies.Virology journal · 2025Review
- Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in 2025: emerging trends and insights from community and hospital-based respiratory panel analyses-a comprehensive review.Virology journal · 2025Review
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- Molecular detection and genotyping of HMPV in patients with severe acute respiratory infection in India.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Molecular investigation of human metapneumovirus in children with acute respiratory infections in Chennai, South India, from 2016-2018.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2022Article
- Molecular detection and genetic characterization of human metapneumovirus strains circulating in Islamabad, Pakistan.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The role of human Metapneumovirus genetic diversity and nasopharyngeal viral load on symptom severity in adults.Virology journal · 2018Article
- Comparison of the conventional multiplex RT-PCR, real time RT-PCR and Luminex xTAG® RVP fast assay for the detection of respiratory viruses.Journal of medical virology · 2016Article
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Abstract
Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is an important respiratory virus implicated in respiratory infections. The purpose of this study was to develop a one-step real-time RT-PCR assay that can detect all four lineages of HMPV and to identify the HMPV lineages circulating in Pune, India. Conserved regions of the nucleoprotein gene were used to design real-time primers and a probe. A total of 224 clinical samples that were positive for different respiratory viruses (including 51 samples that were positive for HMPV) were tested using the real time RT-PCR assay, and the specificity of the assay was observed to be 100 %. Using in vitro-synthesized RNA, the sensitivity of the assay was ascertained to be 100 copies of the target gene per reaction. Phylogenetic analysis of the nucleoprotein (N) and attachment glycoprotein (G) genes confirmed that this assay detected all lineages of HMPV. A2, B1 and B2 strains were observed during the study period. Our assay is highly sensitive and specific for all known lineages of HMPV, making it a valuable tool for rapid detection of the virus. A2 and B2 were the predominant subtypes circulating in Pune, Western India.
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