Novel Respiratory Virus Infections in Children, Brazil

Novel Respiratory Virus Infections in Children, Brazil

Maria Carolina M. Albuquerque, Gisele P.A. Pena, Rafael B. VARELLA, George Gallucci, Dean D. Erdman, Norma Santos

Recently discovered respiratory viruses were detected in 19 (9.2%) of 205 nasal swab specimens from children in Brazil with respiratory illnesses. Five each were positive for human metapneumovirus (HMPV) alone and human bocavirus (HBoV) alone, 3 for human coronaviruses (HCoV-HKU1 or -NL63) alone, and 6 for more than 1 recently discovered virus.

2009

Respiratory Infections, Viruses, human coronavirus, human bocavirus, human metapneumovirus, Human polyomavirus

DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.081603

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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