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A Summer Outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in a Long‐Term‐Care Facility

2007; Oxford University Press; Volume: 196; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/519846

1537-6613

Janice K. Louie, David Schnurr, Chao‐Yang Pan, David T. Kiang, Connie Carter, Sandra Tougaw, Jean Ventura, Agnes Norman, Vivian Belmusto, Jon Rosenberg, Glennah Trochet,

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), a recently discovered paramyxovirus, is thought to be primarily a winter-spring pathogen affecting young children with a clinical presentation similar to that of respiratory syncytial virus. In June-July 2006, a respiratory outbreak in a long-term-care facility was reported to the local health department and investigated. Surveillance identified 26 residents and 13 staff with acute respiratory illness; 8 residents (31%) developed radiographically confirmed pneumonia, and 2 (5%) were hospitalized. Five of 14 respiratory specimens were positive by polymerase chain reaction assay for hMPV; sequencing identified genotype A. In institutionalized elderly persons, hMPV may be an important cause of respiratory outbreaks year-round.