Table 1.
Children with acute encephalitis associated with human metapneumovirus infection.
| Reference | Age/sex | Previous health condition | Seizure | Respiratory infection symptoms | CSF examination | Positive viral PCR |
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| Schildgen et al. (2005) [9] | 14 months/M | Healthy | Yes | No | Normal | Brain and lung tissue |
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| Kaida et al. (2006) [12] | 1 year/F | NM | NM | NM | NM | Respiratory |
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| Hata et al. (2007) [14] | 6 months/F | Healthy | Yes | No | Normal | Respiratory |
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| Arnold et al. (2009) [11] | 3 years/F | Healthy | Yes | Yes | 13 WBC | Respiratory |
| 5 years/F | Healthy | Yes | Yes | Normal | Respiratory | |
| 4 years/F | Healthy | No | Yes | 227 WBC | Respiratory | |
| 3 years/F | Healthy | No | No | 7 WBC | Respiratory | |
| 4 years/M | Healthy | Yes | Yes | NM | Respiratory | |
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| Niizuma et al. (2014) [15] | 3.5 years/F | Healthy | Yes | No | 2 WBC | Respiratory |
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| Webster et al. (2014) [8] | 15 months/F | Healthy | Yes | Yes | Normal | Respiratory |
| 18 months/F | One febrile seizure |
Yes | Yes | Normal | Respiratory | |
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| Fernández et al. (2012) [10] | 10 years/F | Healthy | Yes | No | 52 WBC | Respiratory CSF |
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| Index case | 4 months | Healthy | Yes | Yes∗ | 100 WBC | Respiratory |
NM: no mention.
∗He did not have respiratory tract symptoms during stay in ICU but the parents had observed mild rhinorrhea, cough, and fever 3 days before admission.