Our research project (Principal Investigator: Makoto Takeda) has been selected for the research area "Global Research Infrastructure, Collaborative Research via Overseas Research Centers" of Japan Program for Infectious Diseases Research and Infrastructure of the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). 

https://www.amed.go.jp/en/program/list/15/01/001_003.html

https://www.amed.go.jp/en/program/list/15/01/001.html

https://www.amed.go.jp/koubo/03004/01/C_00005.html

Research title "Emergence and Spread of Human Metapneumovirus Strains with Major Genetic Alterations: Epidemiological and Molecular Characterization(Nagasaki University)" 

We aim to elucidate the characteristics of recently emerged human metapneumovirus variants carrying duplicated sequence insertions in the G gene, as well as the biological significance of these insertions and their molecular epidemiology.