ArticleBMC research notes2018
A case series on common cold to severe bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children following human metapneumovirus infection in Sri Lanka.
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- Epidemiological characteristics and clinical correlations of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection in children aged 0-14 years in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- A Review of Respiratory Infection Caused by the Human Metapneumovirus: Occurrence, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Public Health Outcomes, and Intervention Strategies.Health science reports · 2026Article
- A multi-centre study on epidemiology and clinical characteristics of human metapneumovirus infection in Sri Lanka from 2021 to 2024.Access microbiology · 2025Article
- Viral burden and diversity in acute respiratory tract infections in hospitalized children in wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka.PloS one · 2021Article
- Human Metapneumovirus Induces Mucin 19 Which Contributes to Viral Pathogenesis.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Pneumonia in children admitted to the national referral hospital in Bhutan: A prospective cohort study.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2020Article
- Childhood iron deficiency anemia leads to recurrent respiratory tract infections and gastroenteritis.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- A mini outbreak of human metapneumovirus infection with severe acute respiratory symptoms in a selected group of children presented to a teaching hospital in Sri Lanka.Virusdisease · 2019Article
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objectivesThe prevalence of hMPV infections in Sri Lanka has not been reported and here we report a case series of hMPV infection in children less than 5 years. Patients with ARTI were included from Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura from March 2013 to August 2014. Indirect fluorescence assay was performed on nasopharyngeal aspirates for the identification of respiratory viruses [respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), parainfluenza virus 1, 2 and 3, influenza A and B and hMPV]. Moreover, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was done to further confirm the hMPV infection.
resultsIn this case series, hMPV infection showed a range of respiratory symptoms from common cold to life threatening lower respiratory tract infections with varying severity. In some cases, the clinical presentation of hMPV infection was similar to the ARTI caused by RSV. hMPV co-infections with of RSV have also been seen in some cases of ARTI. A child delivered through cesarean section and birth order > 3 has an Odds ratio of 3.5 and 4.3 (95% CI) for developing co-infection with RSV compared to hMPV mono-infections. Lack of diagnostic facilities to identify the viral aetiology has contributed to the use of antibiotics indicating the need for establishing viral diagnostic facilities in the country.
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