Human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, Brazil.
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.
Cuevas
Luis E
LE
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. lcuevas@liv.ac.uk
Nasser
Abubaker M Ben
AM
Dove
Winifred
W
Gurgel
Ricardo Q
RQ
Greensill
Julie
J
Hart
C Anthony
CA
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
D012367:RNA, Viral