| clinical findings and unusual epidemiologic characteristics of human metapneumovirus infections in children in the region of basel, switzerland. | human metapneumovirus (hmpv) worldwide causes respiratory tract infections with features similar to those of rsv infection. we describe features of hmpv infections in children and compare some of the characteristics with those of rsv infections. from october 2004 to february 2006, 75 patients, 34 hospitalized and 41 outpatients, were diagnosed with hmpv infections by multiplex pcr applied to nasopharyngeal specimens. while hmpv was found rarely in the early phase of the study, a significant incr ... | 2008 | 17297613 |
| human metapneumovirus infections--biannual epidemics and clinical findings in children in the region of basel, switzerland. | human metapneumovirus (hmpv) epidemics vary in time and severity. we report findings for pcr for hmpv and respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) performed on nasopharyngeal aspirates (npa) of hospitalized and outpatient children with respiratory tract infections between october 2004 and april 2008. a total of 3,934 npas were tested for hmpv and 3,859 for rsv. of these, 198 (5%) were hmpv positive and 869 (23%) were rsv-positive. median age was 17 months and 9 months for hmpv and rsv, respectively. fi ... | 2009 | 19238433 |