Human metapneumovirus as a causative agent of lower respiratory tract infection in four patients: The first report of human metapneumovirus infection confirmed by RNA sequences in Taiwan

Ming Fang Cheng; Bao Chen Chen; Chuan Liang Kao; Chih Hsiang Kao; Kai Sheng Hsieh; Yung Ching Liu

doi:10.1080/00365540500388750

Human metapneumovirus as a causative agent of lower respiratory tract infection in four patients: The first report of human metapneumovirus infection confirmed by RNA sequences in Taiwan

Ming Fang Cheng, Bao Chen Chen, Chuan Liang Kao, Chih Hsiang Kao, Kai Sheng Hsieh, Yung Ching Liu

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Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has been described as a human pathogen associated with respiratory disease in most parts of the world from all age groups. This report presents the first 4 cases of HMPV disease confirmed by the sequences of PCR products in Taiwan.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	392-396
Number of pages	5
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	38
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00365540500388750
Publication status	Published - May 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Cheng, M. F., Chen, B. C., Kao, C. L., Kao, C. H., Hsieh, K. S., & Liu, Y. C. (2006). Human metapneumovirus as a causative agent of lower respiratory tract infection in four patients: The first report of human metapneumovirus infection confirmed by RNA sequences in Taiwan. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 38(5), 392-396. https://doi.org/10.1080/00365540500388750

Human metapneumovirus as a causative agent of lower respiratory tract infection in four patients : The first report of human metapneumovirus infection confirmed by RNA sequences in Taiwan. / Cheng, Ming Fang; Chen, Bao Chen; Kao, Chuan Liang et al.

In: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 38, No. 5, 05.2006, p. 392-396.

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Cheng, MF, Chen, BC, Kao, CL, Kao, CH, Hsieh, KS & Liu, YC 2006, 'Human metapneumovirus as a causative agent of lower respiratory tract infection in four patients: The first report of human metapneumovirus infection confirmed by RNA sequences in Taiwan', Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 392-396. https://doi.org/10.1080/00365540500388750

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