Human metapneumovirus in patients hospitalized with acute respiratory infections: A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: This meta-analysis aimed to estimate the prevalence of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infections in patients hospitalized for acute respiratory infection (ARI) and to study factors associated with this prevalence. Medline and ScienceDirect databases were searched for prospective observational studies that screened hospitalized patients with ARI for hMPV by RT-PCR, with data available at December 27, 2014. The risk of bias was assessed regarding participation rate, definition of ARI, description of diagnostic technique, method of inclusion identical for all subjects, standardized and identical sampling method for all subjects, analysis performed according to the relevant subgroups, and presentation of data sources. Random-effect meta-analysis with arcsine transformation and meta-regressions w

SUBMITTER: Lefebvre A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7106388 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature