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Volume 9, Number 6—June 2003
Research

Human Metapneumovirus Infections in Hospitalized Children1

Guy Boivin*†Comments to Author , Gaston De Serres†‡, Stéphanie Côté*†, Rodica Gilca†‡, Yacine Abed*†, Louis Rochette†‡, Michel G. Bergeron*†, and Pierre Déry*†
Author affiliations: *Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada; †Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada; ‡Québec Institute of Public Health, Québec City, Québec, Canada

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Table 2

Signs and symptoms by type of viral infection

Signs and symptoms % HMPV,
n=12 % HRSV,
n=118 % Influenza A, n=49 % Single virus, n=141 % Multiple
viruses, n=23 % No virus
detected, n=44 % Total; n=208
Fever
67
57
78
60
74
57
61
Cough
100
99
96
98
100
90
97
Rhinorrhea
92
91
84
87
96
96
90
Retractions
92
95
82
89
96
89
89
Wheezing
83
65
57
59
83
71
64
Lacrymation
25
31
31
33
26
25
30
Diarrhea
8
17
27
17
22
23
19
Vomiting
25
8
10
7
17
2
7
Other 0 26 18 23 17 21 22

aHMPV, human metapneumovirus; HRSV, human respiratory syncytial virus. Given the small number of HMPV cases, the results only suggest trends, as no statistical comparison reached significance.

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1This study was presented in part at the 42nd International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 27, 2002, San Diego, California.

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