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Published online 17 September 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030915-5
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Metapneumovirus infects all under fives
Second most common cause of infant hospital visits found.
A little-known virus could be the second leading cause of hospital visits among infants in the developed world, new data suggest.
Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) was discovered in 2001 by researchers in the Netherlands.
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