id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-255019-iie8wxb4 Chen, Xin Acute lower respiratory tract infections by human metapneumovirus in children in Southwest China: A 2‐year study 2010-06-25 .txt text/plain 4005 234 50 title: Acute lower respiratory tract infections by human metapneumovirus in children in Southwest China: A 2‐year study Specimens were collected over a 2‐year period from children hospitalized with acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTI) and analyzed for the presence of hMPV using real‐time RT‐PCR assays. 2, 3 Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) was first isolated in 2001 from nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs) obtained from children with acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTI) in the Netherlands. The validated assay was then used to detect the presence of hMPV in NPAs from pediatric patients presenting at a large teaching children's hospital located in southwest China over a period of 2 years. NPAs from pediatric patients presenting with ALRTI in the daytime were collected at the Respiratory Ward, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, on three fixed days each week over a 2-year period from April 2006 to March 2008. ./cache/cord-255019-iie8wxb4.txt ./txt/cord-255019-iie8wxb4.txt