Terulla et al., "Long-term study on symptomless
human metapneumovirus infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients," New Microbiologica, vol.
Further analysis showed that 20 percent of these children tested positive for
human metapneumovirus, says study coauthor James E.
Burden of
human metapneumovirus infections in patients with cancer: risk factors and outcomes.
"MedImmune offers a unique opportunity to turn our discovery of
human metapneumovirus into products that have the potential to protect young children," stated Prof.
A summer outbreak of
human metapneumovirus infection in a long-term-care facility.
There are many viruses that cause flu-like symptoms in children and adults alike--rhinovirus,
human metapneumovirus, adenovirus, parainfluenza.
Acute respiratory infection by
human metapneumovirus in children in southern Brazil.
The newly discovered respiratory pathogen
human metapneumovirus (hMPV) may account for a significant proportion of hospitalizations for respiratory infections.
Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a paramyxovirus discovered in 2001, is a previously unrecognized cause of respiratory infections in infants, children, and adults (1).
Among 13 investigations involving TaqMan Array Cards, the etiology was identified for six (e.g., parainfluenza virus 3, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, human parechovirus,
human metapneumovirus, rhinovirus, and human enterovirus 68) (6).
The most common respiratory virus was rhinovirus, followed by human bocavirus, respiratory syncytial virus, enterovirus,
human metapneumovirus, influenza A/B virus, adenovirus, and parainfluenza 1-3 virus.