| detection of all four human metapneumovirus subtypes in nasopharyngeal specimens from children with respiratory disease in uberlândia, brazil. | the human metapneumovirus (hmpv) is a pathogen of the respiratory tract identified first in the netherlands in 2001 and since then it has been detected worldwide. the purpose of this study was to identify and characterize hmpv in samples collected from children <5 years presenting with acute respiratory disease (ard) seen at a public hospital in uberlândia, in southeastern brazil. one hundred fourteen nasopharyngeal aspirates (npas) samples that were negative for the presence of nine other respi ... | 2009 | 19697417 |