Human Metapneumovirus Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic, Spain

We describe an unusual outbreak of respiratory infections caused by human metapneumovirus in children during the sixth wave of COVID-19 in Spain, associated with the Omicron variant. Patients in this outbreak were older than usual and showed more hypoxia and pneumonia, longer length of stay, and gre...

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Autores principales: García-García, Maria L., Pérez-Arenas, Elena, Pérez-Hernandez, Pedro, Falces-Romero, Iker, Ruiz, Sara, Pozo, Francisco, Casas, Inmaculada, Calvo, Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10045705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36878013
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.230046
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author García-García, Maria L.
Pérez-Arenas, Elena
Pérez-Hernandez, Pedro
Falces-Romero, Iker
Ruiz, Sara
Pozo, Francisco
Casas, Inmaculada
Calvo, Cristina
author_facet García-García, Maria L.
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spelling pubmed-100457052023-04-01 Human Metapneumovirus Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic, Spain García-García, Maria L. Pérez-Arenas, Elena Pérez-Hernandez, Pedro Falces-Romero, Iker Ruiz, Sara Pozo, Francisco Casas, Inmaculada Calvo, Cristina Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We describe an unusual outbreak of respiratory infections caused by human metapneumovirus in children during the sixth wave of COVID-19 in Spain, associated with the Omicron variant. Patients in this outbreak were older than usual and showed more hypoxia and pneumonia, longer length of stay, and greater need for intensive care. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10045705/ /pubmed/36878013 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.230046 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Casas, Inmaculada
Calvo, Cristina
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10045705/
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