Molecular Analysis of Human Metapneumovirus Detected in Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Upper Egypt

Table 5

Genetic similarity between and within HMPV subgroups and lineages (F, fusion gene).

Study	Country	Nucleotide sequence identity (%)				Amino acid sequence identity (%)
		B1	B2	B1-B2	A-B	B1	B2	B1-B2	A-B
This  study	Egypt	98.8–99.7	94.3–100	94.3–95.2	—	99.3–100	97.2–100	97.2–98.6	—
[8]	The Netherlands	97–100	97–100	94–96	84–86	99-100	99-100	97–99	94–97
[18]	Canada	—	—	94.3–99.9	83.0–83.6	—	—	98.3–99.8	94.1–95.4
[31]	Germany	97.1–99.8	98.3–99.5	94.0–95.7	83.6–87.4	—	—	—	—
[59]	Many countries	96.0–99.9	97.2–99.4	92.0–94.1	81.5–85.3	99.5–100	99.1–100	98.1–99.1	93.1–96.3
[39]	USA	98–100	96–100	93–95	—	100	99.4	98.4	—
[60]	France	97.2–100	97.2–100	92.6–94.4	82.7–86.5	—	—	—	—
[61]	Cambodia	—	97.3–100	92.6–100	—	—	97.8–100	97.2–100	—