Volume 13, Number 10—October 2007
Dispatch
Human Metapneumovirus Infection among Children, Bangladesh
W. Abdullah Brooks*†
, Dean Erdman‡, Pauline Terebuh§, Alexander Klimov‡, Doli Goswami*, Amina Tahia Sharmeen*, Tasnim Azim*, Stephen P. Luby*, Carolyn Bridges‡, and Robert Breiman¶
, Dean Erdman‡, Pauline Terebuh§, Alexander Klimov‡, Doli Goswami*, Amina Tahia Sharmeen*, Tasnim Azim*, Stephen P. Luby*, Carolyn Bridges‡, and Robert Breiman¶Table 1
Viruses detected in children <13 years of age by serology, Kamalampur, Bangladesh, December 2000–December 2001
| Virus | No. infections | % (N = 60) | Cumulative % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human metapneumovirus | 20 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | 3 | 5.0 | 38.3 |
| Adenovirus | 4 | 6.7 | 45.0 |
| Parainfluenza virus 3 | 9 | 15.0 | 60.0 |
| Influenza (H1N1) | 8 | 13.3 | 73.3 |
| Influenza (H3N2) | 2 | 3.3 | 76.6 |
| Influenza B | 14 | 23.3 | 99.9 |
