id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-268599-z54p3dk3 Panda, Swagatika Human metapneumovirus: review of an important respiratory pathogen 2014-05-17 .txt text/plain 5570 308 39 Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), discovered in 2001, most commonly causes upper and lower respiratory tract infections in young children, but is also a concern for elderly subjects and immune-compromised patients. Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), discovered in 2001, most commonly causes upper and lower respiratory tract infections in young children, but is also a concern for elderly subjects and immunecompromised patients. hMPV is the major etiological agent responsible for about 5% to 10% of hospitalizations of children suffering from acute respiratory tract infections. hMPV infection can cause severe bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children, and its symptoms are indistinguishable from those caused by human respiratory syncytial virus. hMPV infection can cause severe bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children, and its symptoms are indistinguishable from those caused by human respiratory syncytial virus. Detection of human metapneumovirus in hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infection using real-time RT-PCR in a hospital in northern Taiwan Human metapneumovirus infection in young children hospitalized with respiratory tract disease ./cache/cord-268599-z54p3dk3.txt ./txt/cord-268599-z54p3dk3.txt