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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2003, p. 3043-3045, Vol. 41, No. 7
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3043-3045.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

High Prevalence of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Young Children and Genetic Heterogeneity of the Viral Isolates

S. Viazov,1* F. Ratjen,2 R. Scheidhauer,1 M. Fiedler,1 and M. Roggendorf1

Institute of Virology,1 Department of Pediatrics, Essen University Hospital, D-45122 Essen, Germany2

Received 18 September 2002/ Returned for modification 3 March 2003/ Accepted 14 April 2003

RNA of the newly identified human metapneumovirus (HMPV) was detected in nasopharyngeal aspirates of 11 of 63 (17.5%) young children with respiratory tract disease. Markers of infection caused by another member of the Pneumovirinae subfamily of the family Paramyxoviridae, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), were identified in 15 of these patients (23.8%). Three patients were simultaneously infected with HMPV and RSV. Studies of the clinical characteristics of HMPV-infected children did not reveal any difference between HMPV-infected patients and a control population of RSV-infected patients with regard to disease severity, but the duration of symptoms was significantly shorter for HMPV-infected patients. Phylogenetic analysis of the amplified viral genome fragments confirmed the existence and simultaneous circulation within one epidemic season of HMPV isolates belonging to two genetic lineages.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Virology, Essen University Hospital, Hufelandstr. 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany. Phone: 49 201 7233533. Fax: 49 201 7235929. E-mail: sergei.viazov{at}uni-essen.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2003, p. 3043-3045, Vol. 41, No. 7
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3043-3045.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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