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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2004, p. 5944-5946, Vol. 42, No. 12
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5944-5946.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Early Reinfection with Human Metapneumovirus in an Infant

Takashi Ebihara,1 Rika Endo,1 Nobuhisa Ishiguro,1 Tsuguyo Nakayama,2 Hiroyuki Sawada,2 and Hideaki Kikuta1*

Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,1 Hokkaido Social Insurance Hospital, Sapporo, Japan2

Received 20 June 2004/ Returned for modification 20 July 2004/ Accepted 9 August 2004

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is one of the major pathogens of respiratory illness. Reinfection with hMPV occurs frequently throughout life. We describe an infant who was infected with two different hMPV strains during a period of only 1 month.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan. Phone: 81-11-716-1161. Fax: 81-11-706-7898. E-mail: hide-ki{at}med.hokudai.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2004, p. 5944-5946, Vol. 42, No. 12
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5944-5946.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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