Human Metapneumovirus in Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis
Julie Greensill(University of Liverpool), Paul McNamara(University of Liverpool), Winifred Dove(University of Liverpool), Brian Flanagan(University of Liverpool), Rosalind L. Smyth(University of Liverpool), C. Anthony Hart(University of Liverpool)
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Abstract
Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was used to detect segments of the M (matrix), N (nucleoprotein), and F (fusion) genes of human metapneumovirus in bronchoalveolar fluid from 30 infants with severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis. Seventy percent of them were coinfected with metapneumovirus. Such coinfection might be a factor influencing the severity of bronchiolitis.
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