TY - JOUR AU - Cuevas, Luis E. AU - Ben Nasser, Abubaker M. AU - Dove, Winifred AU - Gurgel, Ricardo Q. AU - Greensill, Julie AU - Hart, C. Anthony T1 - Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Brazil T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2003 VL - 9 IS - 12 SP - 1626 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Human metapneumovirus KW - respiratory syncytial virus KW - acute respiratory infections KW - children KW - epidemiology KW - Brazil DO - 10.3201/eid0912.030522 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/12/03-0522_article ER - End of Reference