Human Metapneumovirus in Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis

Human Metapneumovirus in Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis

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...

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Main Authors: Julie Greensill, Paul S. McNamara, Winifred Dove, Brian Flanagan, Rosalind L. Smyth, C. Anthony Hart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
severe bronchiolitis
RT-PCR
dispatch
Human metapneumovirus
respiratory syncytial virus
United Kingdom
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/3/02-0289_article

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