Analysis of human metapneumovirus and human bocavirus viral load.

Pediatr Infect Dis J

From the *Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona; †Department of Microbiology, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clinic-Universitat de Barcelona); ‡Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; and §Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Published: September 2013

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.

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