Abstract
To define the role of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in previously healthy Korean children, a retrospective study was done on 166 children with lower respiratory tract infections and on their stored nasal aspirates. The hMPV gene was detected by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Twenty-six of 166 individuals tested positive for hMPV. The clinical diagnoses of hMPV infection were pneumonia in 15 children and bronchiolitis in 11 children.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1111-1112 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 Dec |
Keywords
- Bronchiolitis
- Human metapneumovirus
- Lower respiratory tract infection
- Pneumonia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases
