| an outbreak of severe respiratory tract infection due to human metapneumovirus in a long-term care facility for the elderly in oregon. | human metapneumovirus (hmpv) was demonstrated to be responsible for an outbreak of acute respiratory tract infection with high morbidity and mortality among residents of a long-term care facility for the elderly during the late spring-summer in oregon. respiratory virus infections are a common cause of death in the elderly and the burden of human metapneumovirus may be underestimated. this case report stresses the importance of hmpv in causing outbreaks in long-term care facilities for the elder ... | 2011 | 22078146 |