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MeSH Heading: Metapneumovirus
Tree Number(s): B04.820.480.937.600.670.500
Unique ID: D029121
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029121
Annotation: infection: coord IM with PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM)
Scope Note: A genus of the subfamily PNEUMOVIRINAE, containing two members: Turkey rhinotracheitis virus and a human Metapneumovirus. Virions lack HEMAGGLUTININ and NEURAMINIDASE.
Entry Term(s): Avian Metapneumovirus; Avian Pneumovirus; HMPV Human Metapneumovirus; Human Metapneumovirus; Metapneumovirus, Avian; Metapneumovirus, Human; Pneumovirus, Avian; Rhinotracheitis Virus, Turkey; Turkey Rhinotracheitis Virus
Registry Numbers: txid162387; txid38525; txid162145
Public MeSH Note: 2002; for RHINOTRACHEITIS VIRUS, TURKEY see PNEUMOVIRUS 1994-2001
History Note: 2002; for RHINOTRACHEITIS VIRUS, TURKEY use PNEUMOVIRUS 1994-2001
Date Introduced: 2002/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Concept UI: M0027312
Registry Numbers: txid38525
Scope Note: A species of METAPNEUMOVIRUS causing a respiratory disease of high morbidity in turkeys.
Terms: Avian Pneumovirus Preferred Term
Term UI T537946
Date04/10/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Avian Metapneumovirus
Term UI T537949
Date04/10/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Metapneumovirus, Avian
Term UI T537950
Date04/10/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Pneumovirus, Avian
Term UI T537947
Date04/10/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Rhinotracheitis Virus, Turkey
Term UI T054195
Date02/09/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Turkey Rhinotracheitis Virus
Term UI T000882415
Date06/24/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002)

Metapneumovirus MeSH Descriptor Data 2026