title: Human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, Brazil.
abstract: We describe the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 111 children attending clinics and hospitals in Aracaju, northeast Brazil, with acute respiratory infections attributable to human metapneumovirus (HMPV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or both in May and June 2002. Fifty-three (48%) children were infected with RSV alone, 19 (17%) with HMPV alone, and 8 (7%) had RSV/HMPV co-infections.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. lcuevas@liv.ac.uk
authors.forename: Luis E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Cuevas
authors.forename: Abubaker M Ben
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nasser
authors.forename: Winifred
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dove
authors.forename: Ricardo Q
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Gurgel
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greensill
authors.forename: C Anthony
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D029121:Metapneumovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral