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Detection of human metapneumovirus from children with acute otitis media

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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 24, Issue 7, Pages 655-657

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000168755.01196.49

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human metapneumovirus; acute otitis media

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Nasal and middle ear specimens collected from children with acute otitis media were subjected to viral isolation and bacteria culture. All virus-negative specimens underwent reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to detect human metapneumovirus. Three of 126 middle ear specimens were positive by this assay.

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