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Prevalence of human metapneumovirus in hospitalized children with respiratory tract infections in Tianjin, China.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2009
Li Xiao-yan, Chen Jin-ying, Kong Mei, Su Xu, Yi Yan-ping, Zou Ming, Zhang Hua
Abstract excerpt
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has recently been recognized as an important respiratory pathogen, especially in children. At present, our understanding of the characteristics of hMPV from China is very limited. Nasopharyngeal aspirates were taken from 310 hospitalized pediatric patients. Twenty (6.5%) of them were infected with hMPV, and they all developed pneumonia. Sixty five percent (13/20) of the cases were...
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