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Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130213173139.htm
Clues to Childhood Respiratory Virus: Human Metapneumovirus
Feb. 13, 2013 ? New Vanderbilt-led research published in the Feb. 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common cause of severe bronchiolitis in young children.
Senior author John Williams, M.D., associate professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and a well-known expert in MPV research, said it is gratifying to offer a clearer picture of how this virus impacts children.
"We found MPV is as important a cause of respiratory illness as influenza, and caused more illness than the three common types of parainfluenza virus combined. In fact, in young children, the burden of MPV was second only to RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) as a cause of bronchiolitis," Williams said...
...Journal Reference:
Kathryn M. Edwards, Yuwei Zhu, Marie R. Griffin, Geoffrey A. Weinberg, Caroline B. Hall, Peter G. Szilagyi, Mary A. Staat, Marika Iwane, Mila M. Prill, John V. Williams. Burden of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Young Children. New England Journal of Medicine, 2013; 368 (7): 633 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1204630
Clues to Childhood Respiratory Virus: Human Metapneumovirus
Feb. 13, 2013 ? New Vanderbilt-led research published in the Feb. 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common cause of severe bronchiolitis in young children.
Senior author John Williams, M.D., associate professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and a well-known expert in MPV research, said it is gratifying to offer a clearer picture of how this virus impacts children.
"We found MPV is as important a cause of respiratory illness as influenza, and caused more illness than the three common types of parainfluenza virus combined. In fact, in young children, the burden of MPV was second only to RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) as a cause of bronchiolitis," Williams said...
...Journal Reference:
Kathryn M. Edwards, Yuwei Zhu, Marie R. Griffin, Geoffrey A. Weinberg, Caroline B. Hall, Peter G. Szilagyi, Mary A. Staat, Marika Iwane, Mila M. Prill, John V. Williams. Burden of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Young Children. New England Journal of Medicine, 2013; 368 (7): 633 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1204630