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Article: Human metapneumovirus RNA in encephalitis patient.(Dispatches)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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We describe a fatal case of encephalitis that might be correlated with primary human metapneumovirus (HMPV) encephalitis, Postmortem HMPV RNA was detected in brain and lung tissue samples from the patient, Furthermore, HMPV RNA was found in culture fluids from cells coincubated with lung tissue.
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Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a new member of the paramyxovirus family closely related to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), was first described in 2001 (1). Subsequent reports demonstrated that HMPV is distributed worldwide (2-5), causing mild-to-severe acute infections of the nasopharyngeal tract (6,7). Although neurologic symptoms have been ...