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Respiratory infections and coinfections: geographical and population patterns

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (4), 2020
Abstract Introduction: Acute respiratory infections are the second cause of mortality in children younger than five years, with 150.7 million episodes per year. Human orthopneumovirus (hOPV) and metapneumovirus (hMPV) are the first and second causes of bronchiolitis; type 2 human orthorubulavirus (hORUV...

Human metapneumovirus in Southern Brazil

INTRODUCTION Infections caused by respiratory viruses are important problems worldwide, especially in children. Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a respiratory pathogen and causes severe infections with nonspecific symptoms. This study reports the hMPV occurrence and dissemination in southern Brazil and c...

Detección de virus parainfluenza en pacientes inmunocomprometidos e inmunocompetentes atendidos en un hospital terciario de la Ciudad de São Paulo, Brasil

Rev. chil. infectol; 33 (5), 2016
Parainfluenza virus infections (PIV) were evaluated in patients with mild and severe infections through real time PCR. One thousand and sixty-seven samples were collected from subjects as follows: 233 adult renal transplanted outpatients, 129 children with congenital heart disease, 381 with adult hematop...