title: Human metapneumovirus in severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis.
abstract: Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was used to detect segments of the M (matrix), N (nucleoprotein), and F (fusion) genes of human metapneumovirus in bronchoalveolar fluid from 30 infants with severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis. Seventy percent of them were coinfected with metapneumovirus. Such coinfection might be a factor influencing the severity of bronchiolitis.
authors.affiliation: University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greensill
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.forename: Winifred
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dove
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Flanagan
authors.forename: Rosalind L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: C Anthony
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D001990:Bronchiolitis, Viral / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D029121:Metapneumovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology*