Table I.

Characteristics of Clinical Specimens Tested for Human Metapneumovirus

Parameter	Number of specimens (%)
	Positive hMPV samples (n = 79)	Samples analyzed (n = 846)
Gender
Male	46 (9.5)	484 (57.2)
Female	33 (9.1)	362 (42.8)
Age group (years)
<1	35 (10.5)	334 (39.5)
1–5	31 (7.7)	379 (44.8)
5–10	10 (11.1)	90 (10.6)
>10	3 (7.0)	43 (5.1)
Symptoms
Pneumonia	4 (33.3)	12 (1.4)
BPN	18 (10.6)	170 (20.1)
Bronchiolitis	11 (10.4)	106 (12.5)
Laryngotracheitis	2 (7.4)	27 (31.9)
ARD	44 (8.3)	531 (62.8)

ARD, acute respiratory diseases.