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Article: Respiratory tract reinfections by the new human metapneumovirus in an immunocompromised child. (Dispatches).
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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The human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a new member of the paramyxoviridae family, has been recently associated with respiratory tract infections in young children. We report the case of a young, immunocompromised child who had severe lower respiratory tract infections during two consecutive winter seasons caused by genetically distinct HMPV strains.
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A variety of viruses--such as the influenza viruses A and B, the Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV), the parainfluenza viruses, and the adenoviruses--cause seasonal respiratory tract infections in young children. Symptoms range from influenzalike illnesses to lower respiratory tract syndromes, ...