Respiratory Tract Reinfections by the New Human Metapneumovirus in an Immunocompromised Child

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 seaso...

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Autores principales: Pelletier, Gilles, Déry, Pierre, Abed, Yacine, Boivin, Guy
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12194777
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0809.020238
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author Pelletier, Gilles
Déry, Pierre
Abed, Yacine
Boivin, Guy
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Déry, Pierre
Abed, Yacine
Boivin, Guy
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description 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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spelling pubmed-27325512009-09-16 Respiratory Tract Reinfections by the New Human Metapneumovirus in an Immunocompromised Child Pelletier, Gilles Déry, Pierre Abed, Yacine Boivin, Guy Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2732551/ /pubmed/12194777 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0809.020238 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This 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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Pelletier, Gilles
Déry, Pierre
Abed, Yacine
Boivin, Guy
Respiratory Tract Reinfections by the New Human Metapneumovirus in an Immunocompromised Child
title Respiratory Tract Reinfections by the New Human Metapneumovirus in an Immunocompromised Child
title_full Respiratory Tract Reinfections by the New Human Metapneumovirus in an Immunocompromised Child
title_fullStr Respiratory Tract Reinfections by the New Human Metapneumovirus in an Immunocompromised Child
title_full_unstemmed Respiratory Tract Reinfections by the New Human Metapneumovirus in an Immunocompromised Child
title_short Respiratory Tract Reinfections by the New Human Metapneumovirus in an Immunocompromised Child
title_sort respiratory tract reinfections by the new human metapneumovirus in an immunocompromised child
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12194777
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0809.020238
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