ArticleJournal of medical virology2012
Human metapneumovirus-associated hospital admissions over five consecutive epidemic seasons: evidence for alternating circulation of different genotypes.
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- The role of lipid rafts in cell entry of human metapneumovirus.Journal of medical virology · 2019Article
- Circulation of human metapneumovirus among children with influenza-like illness in Wuhan, China.Journal of medical virology · 2016Article
- Clinical features of human metapneumovirus genotypes in children with acute lower respiratory tract infection in Changsha, China.Journal of medical virology · 2015Article
- Development of real-time RT-PCR for detection of human metapneumovirus and genetic analysis of circulating strains (2009-2011) in Pune, India.Archives of virology · 2014Article
- The role of infections and coinfections with newly identified and emerging respiratory viruses in children.Virology journal · 2012Review
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Abstract
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a pathogen of the respiratory tract with a worldwide distribution. The purpose of this study was to identify hMPV as the cause of acute respiratory diseases in children admitted at Spedali Civili, a public hospital in Brescia, Italy. Eight hundred forty-six nasopharyngeal aspirate samples negative for the presence of other common respiratory viruses were tested for the presence of hMPV RNA by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Of the 846 samples, 79 (9.3%) were positive for hMPV. Polymerase chain reaction products, obtained by amplification of the partial nucleotide sequence of gene F, were sequenced and compared with sequences deposited in GenBank. All four hMPV subtypes were identified, including the proposed subtype A2 sublineages "A" and "B". In successive epidemic seasons, large outbreaks of hMPV alternated with small outbreaks in a biannual pattern. This local study provides further evidence that hMPV infection should be considered as a reason for hospital admission for acute respiratory disease in children.
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