Prevalence and clinical symptoms of human metapneumovirus infection in hospitalized patients
During a 17-month period, we performed retrospective analyses of the prevalence of and clinical symptoms associated with human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection, among patients in a university hospital in The Netherlands. All available nasal-aspirate, throat-swab, sputum, and bronchoalveolar-lavage samples (N=1515) were tested for hMPV RNA by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. hMPV RNA was detected in 7% of samples from patients with respiratory tract illnesses (RTIs) and was the second-most-detected viral pathogen in these patients during the last 2 winter seasons. hMPV was detec... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2003 |
Schlagwörter: | Adolescent / Adult / Age Factors / Aged / Child / Preschool / Female / Humans / Immunocompromised Host / Infant / Male / Metapneumovirus/genetics/*isolation & purification / Middle Aged / Netherlands/epidemiology / Paramyxoviridae Infections/*epidemiology/pathology/*virology / Prevalence / Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections/pathology/virology / Respiratory Syncytial Viruses/isolation & purification / Respiratory Tract Infections/*epidemiology/pathology/*virology / Retrospective Studies / Seasons |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26832406 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/15070 |