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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Bronchiolitis, Viral / epidemiology*
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Korea / epidemiology
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Male
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Metapneumovirus / genetics
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Metapneumovirus / isolation & purification*
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Paramyxoviridae Infections / epidemiology*
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Paramyxoviridae Infections / virology
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Phylogeny
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Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
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Pneumonia, Viral / virology
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Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology
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Respiratory Tract Infections / virology
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Seasons