| [human metapneumovirus may associate with acute respiratory infections in hospitalized pediatric patients in beijing, china]. | a new respiratory virus, human metapneumovirus (hmpv) was recently identified by scientists in the netherlands first and then in a few other countries. to investigate if this newly discovered virus is associated with the acute respiratory infections in pediatric patients in beijing, tests were developed to detect hpmv gene fragments from nasopharyngeal aspirates collected from infants and young children hospitalized for acute respiratory infections from november 2002 to march 2003. | 2003 | 14749002 |