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Respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus in children over two seasons with a high incidence of respiratory infections in Brazil.
Annals of tropical paediatrics - 1 Sept 2004
Serafino Robert L, Gurgel Ricardo Q, Dove Winifred, Hart C Anthony, Cuevas Luis E
Abstract excerpt
Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are one of the most important causes of death in children. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a virus first described in 2001, has now been detected in almost all continents. HMPV causes bronchiolitis and pneumonia with a clinical spectrum similar to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). We describe the incidence of HMPV and RSV during two consecutive seasons with a high incidence of...
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