Moattari Afagh, Aleyasin Soheila, Arabpour Mohammad, Sadeghi Sadaf
Department of Virology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2010 Dec;9(4):250-4.
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection plays an important role in the pediatric respiratory infections. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between asthma and wheezing with hMPV in hospitalized children. Nasal pharyngeal swabs obtained from 120 children aged 1-60 months, hospitalized during a one year period, were tested for the hMPV by RT-PCR. HMPV was detected in 20 (16.6%) of patients suffering from wheezing. Some patients in addition to wheezing had asthma 10.8%. This infection occurred predominantly from October 2008 to September 2009.
人偏肺病毒（hMPV）感染在小儿呼吸道感染中起重要作用。本研究旨在确定住院儿童中哮喘、喘息与hMPV之间的关系。对在一年期间住院的120名1至60个月大儿童的鼻咽拭子进行逆转录聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）检测，以确定是否感染hMPV。在20名（16.6%）喘息患儿中检测到hMPV。部分患儿除喘息外还患有哮喘（10.8%）。这种感染主要发生在2008年10月至2009年9月期间。
