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. 2003 Mar;9(3):372-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid0903.020289.

Human metapneumovirus in severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis

Julie Greensill  1 , Paul S McNamara, Winifred Dove, Brian Flanagan, Rosalind L Smyth, C Anthony Hart
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Human metapneumovirus in severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis

Julie Greensill et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Mar.

Abstract

Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was used to detect segments of the M (matrix), N (nucleoprotein), and F (fusion) genes of human metapneumovirus in bronchoalveolar fluid from 30 infants with severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis. Seventy percent of them were coinfected with metapneumovirus. Such coinfection might be a factor influencing the severity of bronchiolitis.

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The phylogenetic relationship of human metapneumovirus from Liverpool (LIV08) to those from Holland and to avian pneumovirus. The divergence bar is shown at the bottom of the figure.
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