Report of death in children with SARS-CoV-2 and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) coinfection: Is hMPV the trigger?

J Med Virol. 2021 Feb;93(2):579-581. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26401. Epub 2020 Aug 21.
No abstract available

Keywords: coronavirus; human metapneumovirus; infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / diagnostic imaging
  • COVID-19 / pathology*
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • COVID-19 Testing / methods
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coinfection
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Metapneumovirus / isolation & purification
  • Metapneumovirus / pathogenicity*
  • Paramyxoviridae Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Paramyxoviridae Infections / pathology*
  • Paramyxoviridae Infections / virology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
  • SARS-CoV-2 / pathogenicity*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed