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Epidemiology of human metapneumovirus among children with severe or very severe pneumonia in high pneumonia burden settings: the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study experience

202419 citationsOpen accessUniversity of the Witwatersrand

Abstract

HMPV-associated severe paediatric pneumonia in high-burden settings was predominantly in young infants and clinically indistinguishable from RSV. HMPV-positives had low case fatality, similar to that in RSV-positives.

Research topics

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.10.023

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