Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2023)

Human Metapneumovirus Infections during COVID-19 Pandemic, Spain

  • Maria L. García-García,
  • Elena Pérez-Arenas,
  • Pedro Pérez-Hernandez,
  • Iker Falces-Romero,
  • Sara Ruiz,
  • Francisco Pozo,
  • Inmaculada Casas,
  • Cristina Calvo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.230046
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 4
pp. 850 – 852

Abstract

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We describe an unusual outbreak of respiratory infections caused by human metapneumovirus in children during the sixth wave of COVID-19 in Spain, associated with the Omicron variant. Patients in this outbreak were older than usual and showed more hypoxia and pneumonia, longer length of stay, and greater need for intensive care.

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