Human metapneumovirus RNA in encephalitis patient.
We describe a fatal case of encephalitis that might be correlated with primary human metapneumovirus (HMPV) encephalitis. Postmortem HMPV RNA was detected in brain and lung tissue samples from the patient. Furthermore, HMPV RNA was found in culture fluids from cells coincubated with lung tissue.
Schildgen
Oliver
O
University of Bonn, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany. schild-gen@mibi03.meb.uni-bonn.de
Glatzel
Thomas
T
Geikowski
Tilman
T
Scheibner
Bärbel
B
Matz
Bertfried
B
Bindl
Lutz
L
Born
Mark
M
Viazov
Sergei
S
Wilkesmann
Anja
A
Knöpfle
Gisela
G
Roggendorf
Michael
M
Simon
Arne
A
D001483:Base Sequence; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000821:virology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D029121:Metapneumovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016415:Sequence Alignment
D012367:RNA, Viral