TY - JOUR
T1 - High Seroprevalence of Human Metapneumovirus among Young Children in Israel
AU - Wolf, Dana G.
AU - Zakay-Rones, Zichria
AU - Fadeela, Ayman
AU - Greenberg, David
AU - Dagan, Ron
PY - 2003/12/15
Y1 - 2003/12/15
N2 - Exposure to the newly discovered human metapneumovirus (HMPV) during the first 2 years of life was studied by longitudinal serological analysis in 40 healthy children in southern Israel. The seropositivity rate decreased to a minimum by age 13 months and increased to 52% by age 24 months. Evidence of new infection was detected in 13%, 23%, and 55% of children by ages 7, 13, and 24 months, respectively. The high exposure rates suggest that HMPV may be an important cause of community-acquired respiratory-tract infections in young children.
AB - Exposure to the newly discovered human metapneumovirus (HMPV) during the first 2 years of life was studied by longitudinal serological analysis in 40 healthy children in southern Israel. The seropositivity rate decreased to a minimum by age 13 months and increased to 52% by age 24 months. Evidence of new infection was detected in 13%, 23%, and 55% of children by ages 7, 13, and 24 months, respectively. The high exposure rates suggest that HMPV may be an important cause of community-acquired respiratory-tract infections in young children.
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U2 - 10.1086/380100
DO - 10.1086/380100
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C2 - 14673765
AN - SCOPUS:0347950956
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 188
SP - 1865
EP - 1867
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 12
ER -