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SUBMITTER: Oketch JW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6716807 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oketch John W JW Kamau Everlyn E Otieno Grieven P GP Otieno James R JR Agoti Charles N CN Nokes D James DJ
BMC infectious diseases 20190830 1
<h4>Background</h4>Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is an important respiratory pathogen that causes seasonal epidemics of acute respiratory illness and contributes significantly to childhood pneumonia. Current knowledge and understanding on its patterns of spread, prevalence and persistence in communities in low resource settings is limited.<h4>Methods</h4>We present findings of a molecular-epidemiological analysis of nasal samples from children < 5 years of age admitted with syndromic pneumonia be ...[more]