In young infants with a lower respiratory tract illness, infection with the RNA virus human metapneumovirus accounts for a substantial proportion of cases that would previously have been relegated to the "undiagnosed" category, say US experts.1 They believe human metapneumovirus infection is probably less common than respiratory syncytial virus infection but more common than parainfluenza virus infection.
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