Abstract: The invention relates to the field of virology. The invention provides an isolated essentially mammalian negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus (MPV) within the subfamily Pneumovirinae of the family Paramyxoviridae and identifiable as phylogenetically corresponding to the genus Metapneumovirus and components thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 5, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 14, 2017
Assignee:
ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT MEDICAL CENTER ROTTERDAM
Inventors:
Jan Cornelius De Jong, Ronaldus Adrianus Maria Fouchier, Jan Groen, Albertus Dominicus Marcellinus Erasmus Osterhaus, Bernadetta Gerarda Van Den Hoogen
Abstract: The invention relates to the field of virology. The invention provides an isolated essentially mammalian negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus (MPV) within the subfamily Pneumovirinae of the family Paramyxoviridae and identifiable as phylogenetically corresponding to the genus Metapneumovirus and components thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 5, 2016
Publication date:
August 25, 2016
Applicant:
Erasmus Universiteit Medical Center Rotterdam
Inventors:
Jan Cornelius De Jong, Ronaldus Adrianus Maria Fouchier, Jan Groen, Albertus Dominicus Marcellinus Erasmus Osterhaus, Bernadetta Gerarda Van Den Hoogen