dc.creator | Luchsinger F, Vivian | |
dc.creator | Escobar C, Carola | |
dc.creator | Avendaño C, Luis Fidel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-29T17:57:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-29T17:57:10Z | |
dc.date.created | 2019-01-29T17:57:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier | Revista Medica de Chile, Volumen 133, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1059-1064 | |
dc.identifier | 00349887 | |
dc.identifier | http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/163947 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: 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.language | en | |
dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile | |
dc.source | Revista Medica de Chile | |
dc.subject | Metapneumovirus, human | |
dc.subject | Polymerase chain reaction | |
dc.subject | Respiratory tract infections | |
dc.title | Detection 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.type | Artículos de revistas | |