Table 1.

Distribution of copathogens in 19 patients who are HMPV positive

Copathogens*	No of patients
RSV/HMPV	4
HCoV-OC43/HMPV	3
ADV/HMPV	2
HRV/HMPV	2
MP/HMPV	1
PIV2/HMPV	1
PIV3/HMPV	1
RSV/MP/HMPV	1
RSV/InfA/HMPV	1
RSV/HBoV/HMPV	1
MP/HBoV/HMPV	1
InfA/HBoV/HMPV	1

*Patients who are HMPV positive were tested for 17 common respiratory pathogens.

Influenza B viruses, parainfluenza virus types 1 and 4, enterovirus, human coronaviruses-HKU1, human coronaviruses-229E, human coronaviruses-NL63 and Chlamydophila pneumoniae were not detected.

ADV, adenovirus; HBoV, human bocavirus; HCoV, human coronaviruses; HMPV, human metapneumovirus; HRV, human rhinovirus; InfA, influenza A virus; MP, Mycoplasma pneumoniae; PIV, parainfluenza virus; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.