dc.creatorLuchsinger F, Vivian
dc.creatorEscobar C, Carola
dc.creatorAvendaño C, Luis Fidel
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-29T17:57:10Z
dc.date.available2019-01-29T17:57:10Z
dc.date.created2019-01-29T17:57:10Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifierRevista Medica de Chile, Volumen 133, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1059-1064
dc.identifier00349887
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/163947
dc.description.abstractBackground: Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) has recently been described as a new causal agent of acute low respiratory infection (ALRI) in children. In South America, detection has been reported only in Brazil and Argentina. Aim: To detect hMPV in children hospitalized for ALRI in Santiago, Chile. Material and Methods: Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect N gene of hMPV in 182 nasopharyngeal aspirates that were negative for common respiratory viruses, obtained from children hospitalized for ALRI during 2003. Results: Ten samples (5.4%) were positive, most of them detected during spring months. Conclusions: Since hMPV was detected among infants with ALRI in Santiago, further studies on their prevalence should be done in South America.
dc.languageen
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile
dc.sourceRevista Medica de Chile
dc.subjectMetapneumovirus, human
dc.subjectPolymerase chain reaction
dc.subjectRespiratory tract infections
dc.titleDetection of human metapneumovirus in children hospitalized for acute lower respiratory infection in Santiago, Chile Detección de metapneumovirus humano en niños hospitalizados por infección respiratoria aguda baja en Santiago, Chile
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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