Article
Human metapneumovirus infections in Mexico: epidemiological and clinical characteristics.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Oct 2005
Noyola Daniel E, Alpuche-Solís Angel G, Herrera-Díaz Areli, Soria-Guerra Ruth E, Sánchez-Alvarado Josefina, López-Revilla Rubén
Abstract excerpt
The human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a recently described respiratory RNA virus that mainly affects children. To date there has not been a report that describes the detection of this virus in Mexico. This study was performed to detect hMPV in hospitalized Mexican children with respiratory infections, and describe their epidemiological and clinical characteristics. Nasal wash samples from 558 children younger than...
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