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. 2003 Dec;9(12):1626-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid0912.030522.

Human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, Brazil

Luis E Cuevas  1 , Abubaker M Ben Nasser, Winifred Dove, Ricardo Q Gurgel, Julie Greensill, C Anthony Hart
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Human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, Brazil

Luis E Cuevas et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

We describe the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of 111 children attending clinics and hospitals in Aracaju, northeast Brazil, with acute respiratory infections attributable to human metapneumovirus (HMPV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or both in May and June 2002. Fifty-three (48%) children were infected with RSV alone, 19 (17%) with HMPV alone, and 8 (7%) had RSV/HMPV co-infections.

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Figure 1
Number of children with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus (HMPV), and RSV/HMPV co-infection by study week (week 10 incomplete).
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Figure 2
Number of children with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus (HMPV), and RSV/HMPV co-infection by age.
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