Burden of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Young Children

John, Joseph F Jr. MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA

Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

Dr. John reports no financial relationships with this field of study.

Infectious Disease Alert 32(6):p 66-67, March 2013.

SYNOPSIS:

Over a period of six years, three sites studied the prevalence of Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in children less than 5 years old. Over the course of the study 12,363 symptomatic children were enrolled. Of 3,490 hospitalized children, 200 had evidence of HMPV infection, with the majority of these children being previously healthy.