ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2009
Human metapneumovirus infections--biannual epidemics and clinical findings in children in the region of Basel, Switzerland.
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- Multicenter Cross-sectional Study on the Epidemiology of Human Metapneumovirus in Italy, 2022-2024, With a Focus on Adults Over 50 Years of Age.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Multicenter epidemiological investigation and genetic characterization of respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus infections in the pre-pandemic 2018-2019 season in northern and central Italy.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023Article
- The Burden of Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Hospitalized Norwegian Children.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2017Article
- Incidence, Morbidity, and Costs of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Hospitalized Children.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2016Article
- Seasonality and prevalence of respiratory pathogens detected by multiplex PCR at a tertiary care medical center.Archives of virology · 2014Article
- Molecular epidemiology of respiratory viruses in virus-induced asthma.Frontiers in microbiology · 2013Review
- Seasonal distribution and epidemiological characteristics of human metapneumovirus infections in pediatric inpatients in Southeast China.Archives of virology · 2013Article
- Recombinant expression and immunological characterisation of proteins derived from human metapneumovirus.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2011Article
- Human Metapneumovirus: lessons learned over the first decade.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2011Review
- Detection and genetic diversity of human metapneumovirus in hospitalized children with acute respiratory infections in India.Journal of medical virology · 2011Article
- Twelve years' detection of respiratory viruses by immunofluorescence in hospitalised children: impact of the introduction of a new respiratory picornavirus assay.BMC infectious diseases · 2011Article
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Abstract
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) epidemics vary in time and severity. We report findings for PCR for hMPV and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) performed on nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPA) of hospitalized and outpatient children with respiratory tract infections between October 2004 and April 2008. A total of 3,934 NPAs were tested for hMPV and 3,859 for RSV. Of these, 198 (5%) were hMPV positive and 869 (23%) were RSV-positive. Median age was 17 months and 9 months for hMPV and RSV, respectively. Fifty-nine percent of hMPV and 58% of RSV patients were hospitalized. Proportions of hMPV positive samples for the four winter seasons were 0.4%, 11%, 0.2%, and 14%. For RSV, they were 28%, 15%, 28%, and 28%. HMPV epidemics follow a biannual variation in our area. Major epidemics were observed in winter seasons starting in odd years (2005/06 and 2007/08), minor epidemics in those starting in even years (2004/05 and 2006/07). RSV epidemics usually follow a reciprocal biannual pattern, leading to annually alternating major RSV and hMPV epidemics.
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