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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

Main Article

Table 1

Type of laboratory confirmation by type of infection

Laboratory test HMPVa
HRSV
Influenza A
Adenovirus
PIV 2
No. tests Positive (%) No. tests Positive (%) No. tests Positive (%) No. tests Positive (%) Tests
done Positive (%)
PCR
208
12 (5.8)
208
106 (51.0)
208
45 (21.6)
NA
NA
NA
NA
Culture
145
2 (1.4
145
37 (25.5)
145
10 (6.9)
145
6 (4.1)
145
1 (0.7%)
Antigen detection
NA
NA
204
94 (46.1)
172
19 (11.0)
81
1 (1.2)
76
1 (1.3%)
Total (+) in at least one test
12 (5.8%)
118 (56.7)
49 (23.6)
6 (4.1)
2 (1.3%)
Delay between onset of symptoms and NPA, days; mean/median 6.3/5.0 5.2/4.0 8.7/5.0 6.0/6.5 3.0/3.0

aHMPV, human metapneumovirus; HRSV, human respiratory syncytial virus; PIV, parainfluenza virus; NPA, nasopharyngeal aspirate; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; NA, not applicable.

Main Article

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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