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Volume 9, Number 3—March 2003
Dispatch

Human Metapneumovirus in Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis

Julie Greensill*, Paul S. McNamara*, Winifred Dove*, Brian Flanagan*, Rosalind L. Smyth*, and C. Anthony Hart*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Table

Characteristics of infants with severe bronchiolitisa

Pt. no. Age (weeks) Weight (kg) Predisposing factors RSV hMPV Days of illness before BAL
1
 3
 3.5
 None
 NP-4
 +
 8
2b
 48
 6.6
 Premature, BPD
 –
 +
 6
3
 18
 7.5
 None
 NP-4
 +
 7
4
 35
 6.0
 Cardiac, genetic
 –
 +
 7
5
 11
 2.8
 Premature
 NP-4
 +
 6
6
 21
 5.5
 Premature
 NP-4
 +
 4
7
 3
 2.3
 Premature
 –
 –
 7
8
 5
 2.5
 Premature
 NP-4
 +
 3
9
 18
 5.1
 Premature, cardiac
 NP-2
 –
 6
10
 11
 5.7
 None
 NP-4
 +
 10
11
 21
 7.5
 None
 NP-2
 +
 9
12
 9
 2.0
 Premature
 NP-4
 –
 3
13b
 16
 4.4
 Premature, cardiac
 NP-2
 –
 3
14
 7
 2.6
 Premature
 NP-3
 +
 5
15
 15
 2.8
 Premature
 NP-4
 +
 5
16
 4
 4.0
 None
 NP-4
 +
 2
17
 7
 4.3
 None
 NP-4
 +
 5
18
 12
 3.2
 Premature, cardiac
 NP-4
 –
 6
19
 12
 5.4
 None
 –
 +
 13
20
 5
 3.2
 None
 NP-4
 +
 7
21
 5
 2.8
 Premature
 NP-2
 –
 5
22
 9
 4.7
 Cardiac
 NP-4
 –
 8
23b
 22
 5.7
 Genetic
 NP-4
 +
 4
24
 7
 3.4
 Premature
 +
 +
 11
25
 19
 4.8
 Premature, BPD
 NP-4
 –
 6
26
 13
 3.4
 Premature
 NP-4
 +
 6
27
 8
 2.5
 Premature
 NP-4
 +
 6
28
 29
 3.5
 Premature, BPD
 –
 +
 6
29
 3
 4.1
 None
 NP-4
 –
 5
30 5 4.1 None – + 5

aAbbreviations used: Pt., patient; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; hMPV, human metapneumovirus; BPD: bronchopulmonary dysplasia; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; NP, nucleoprotein genotype.
bDied.

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