Human respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus in patients with acute respiratory infection in Colombia, 2000 - 2011

• Main Authors: Juliana Barbosa Ramirez, Paola Pulido Dominguez, Gloria Rey Benito, Jairo Mendez Rico, Jaime Castellanos, Andrés Páez Martinez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2014
• Subjects: Virus sincitiales respiratorios; metapneumovirus; reacción en cadena de la polimerasa; infecciones del sistema respiratorio; técnicas de diagnóstico del sistema respiratorio; Colombia; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Cadena; Ari; Aris
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/cd6d95c3e7ee4ce08c0e5fe54b2f324f

OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in Colombia from 2000 - 2011, including seasonal trends. METHODS: Nasopharyngeal aspirates and/or throat swabs from 14 870 patients with acute respiratory infections (ARI) were studied. Two...