Open AccessAnalysis of Human Metapneumovirus and Human Bocavirus Viral Load
Author(s) -
Sílvia Ricart,
Juan José GarcíaGarcía,
Andrés Antón,
Tomàs Pumarola,
Martí Pons,
Carmen Muñoz-Almagro,
María Ángeles Marcos
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e3182932f4f
Subject(s) - human metapneumovirus , human bocavirus , metapneumovirus , medicine , bronchiolitis , virology , viral load , viral disease , immunology , respiratory system , virus , respiratory tract infections
Viral load (VL) of human metapneumovirus and human bocavirus in infants <12 months admitted for bronchiolitis was analyzed. VL correlated with length of hospital stay in both viruses, human metapneumovirus VL with the duration oxygen therapy and human bocavirus VL inversely with days of respiratory effort before admission. Infants coinfected by other viruses were younger, but no differences were seen regarding VL.