Epidemiology and genotypic diversity of human metapneumovirus in paediatric patients with acute respiratory infection in Beijing, China

Epidemiology and genotypic diversity of human metapneumovirus in paediatric patients with acute respiratory infection in Beijing, China

Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) causes high amounts of morbidity and mortality worldwide every year. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a major pathogen of ARTIs in children. In this study, we aimed to investigate the epidemiology and genotypic diversity of HMPV in children hospitalized with...

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Veröffentlicht in:Virology journal 2021-02, Vol.18 (1), p.40-40, Article 40
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Chao, Wei, Tianli, Ma, Fenlian, Wang, Hao, Guo, Jianqiang, Chen, Aijun, Huang, Yiman, Xie, Zhiping, Zheng, Lishu
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Sprache:eng
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Age
Bronchitis
Care and treatment
Children
Communicable diseases in children
Cough
Diagnosis
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Fever
Gene expression
Genetic aspects
Genetic diversity
Genomes
Genotype
Genotype & phenotype
Genotypes
Health aspects
Human metapneumovirus
Identification and classification
Infections
Influenza
Morbidity
N gene
Nose
Nucleotide sequence
Pathogens
Patients
Pediatric
Pediatrics
Phylogenetics
Polymerase chain reaction
Respiratory syncytial virus
Respiratory tract diseases
Respiratory tract infection
Respiratory tract infections
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) causes high amounts of morbidity and mortality worldwide every year. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a major pathogen of ARTIs in children. In this study, we aimed to investigate the epidemiology and genotypic diversity of HMPV in children hospitalized with ARTIs in Beijing, China. Hospitalized children aged
ISSN:1743-422X
1743-422X
DOI:10.1186/s12985-021-01508-0