High Seroprevalence of Human Metapneumovirus among Young Children in Israel

Dana G. Wolf; Zichria Zakay-Rones; Ayman Fadeela; David Greenberg; Ron Dagan

doi:10.1086/380100

High Seroprevalence of Human Metapneumovirus among Young Children in Israel

Dana G. Wolf
, Zichria Zakay-Rones
, Ayman Fadeela
, David Greenberg
, Ron Dagan

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1865-1867
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	188
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/380100
State	Published - 15 Dec 2003

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Infectious Diseases

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