Human metapneumovirus in severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis.

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.

SUBMITTER: Greensill J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2958536 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature