Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-t7czq Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-28T02:50:30.674Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Comparison of Clinical Features of Pediatric Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Human Metapneumovirus Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

C. Beneri ,
C. C. Ginocchio ,
R. Manji  and
S. Sood
C. Beneri*
Affiliation:
Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York
C. C. Ginocchio
Affiliation:
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Laboratories, Lake Success, New York
R. Manji
Affiliation:
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Laboratories, Lake Success, New York
S. Sood
Affiliation:
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
*
SUNY Stony Brook, HSC T11 Room 030, Stony Brook, NY 11794 ([email protected])
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 12 , December 2009 , pp. 1240 - 1241
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

References

1.Boivin, G, De Serres, G, Hamelin, M, et al. An outbreak of severe respiratory tract infection due to human metapneumovirus in a long-term care facility. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:1152–1158.Google Scholar
2.McAdam, AJ, Hasenbein, ME, Feldman, HA, et al. Human metapneumovirus in children tested at a tertiary-care hospital. J Infect Dis 2004; 190:20–26.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
3.Esper, F, Martinello, RA, Boucher, D, et al. A 1 -year experience with human metapneumovirus in children aged <5 years. J Infect Dis 2004;189:1388–1396.Google Scholar
4.Van Den Hoogen, BG, Osterhaus, ME, Foucher, RAM. Clinical impact and diagnosis of human metapneumovirus infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2004; 23(Suppl 1):S25–S32.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
5.Al-Sonbali, N, Hart, CH, Al-Aeryani, A, et al. Respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus in children with acute respiratory infections in Yemen. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2005;24:734–736.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
6.Wilkesmann, A, Schildgen, O, Eis-Hilbinger, AM. Human metapneumovirus infections cause similar symptoms and clinical severity as respiratory syncytial virus infections. Eur J Pediatr 2006;165:467–475.Google Scholar
7.Moore, C, Valappil, M, Corden, S, Westmoreland, D. Enhanced clinical utility of the NucliSens EasyQ RSV A+B assay for rapid detection of respiratory syncytial virus in clinical samples. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2006;25:167–174.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
8.Ginocchio, CC, Manji, M, Zhang, F. Clinical evaluation of NucliSENS magnetic extraction and NucliSENS analytic specific reagents for the real time detection of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in pediatric respiratory specimens. J Clin Microbiol 2008;46:1274–1278.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
9.Hamelin, M, Abed, Y, Boivin, G. Human metapneumovirus: a new player among respiratory viruses. Clin Infect Dis 2004;38:983–990.Google Scholar
10.Wolf, DG, Greenberg, D, Kalkstein, D, et al. Comparison of human metapneumovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, and influenza A virus lower respiratory tract infections in hospitalized young children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2006;25:320–324.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
11.Peiris, JSM, Tang, W, Chan, K, et al. Children with respiratory disease associated with metapneumovirus in Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis 2003 9:628–633.Google Scholar