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Volume 9, Number 6—June 2003
Research

Human Metapneumovirus Infections in Hospitalized Children1

Guy Boivin*†Comments to Author , Gaston De Serres†‡, Stéphanie Côté*†, Rodica Gilca†‡, Yacine Abed*†, Louis Rochette†‡, Michel G. Bergeron*†, and Pierre Déry*†
Author affiliations: *Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada; †Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada; ‡Québec Institute of Public Health, Québec City, Québec, Canada

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Table 2

Signs and symptoms by type of viral infection

Signs and symptoms % HMPV,
n=12 % HRSV,
n=118 % Influenza A, n=49 % Single virus, n=141 % Multiple
viruses, n=23 % No virus
detected, n=44 % Total; n=208
Fever
 67
 57
 78
 60
 74
 57
 61
Cough
 100
 99
 96
 98
 100
 90
 97
Rhinorrhea
 92
 91
 84
 87
 96
 96
 90
Retractions
 92
 95
 82
 89
 96
 89
 89
Wheezing
 83
 65
 57
 59
 83
 71
 64
Lacrymation
 25
 31
 31
 33
 26
 25
 30
Diarrhea
 8
 17
 27
 17
 22
 23
 19
Vomiting
 25
 8
 10
 7
 17
 2
 7
Other 0 26 18 23 17 21 22

aHMPV, human metapneumovirus; HRSV, human respiratory syncytial virus. Given the small number of HMPV cases, the results only suggest trends, as no statistical comparison reached significance.

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1This study was presented in part at the 42nd International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 27, 2002, San Diego, California.

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