Human metapneumovirus infection in a hematopoietic transplant recipient
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Human metapneumovirus infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.
UNLABELLED Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) was described in 2001 and has been associated with both upper and lower respiratory tract infection (URTI and LRTI, respectively), especially in children, the elderly, and in immunocompromised patients. The objective of this study was to identify hMPV as the etiological agent of acute respiratory infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) pati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bone Marrow Transplantation
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0268-3369,1476-5365
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705781