%0 Journal Article
%T The Prevalence of Human Metapneumovirus among Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in North Kordofan State, Sudan
%A Huzifa Abdalla Abdelrahman Ahmed
%A Nassreldeen Khalid Abdelrahman
%A Mudathir Abdallah Adam
%J American Journal of Molecular Biology
%P 259-264
%@ 2161-6663
%D 2020
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ajmb.2020.104017
%X <strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the prevalence of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) among children with acute respiratory tract infection and the correlation between (hMPV) and age group. <strong>Methods: </strong>This prospective, descriptive cross-sectional hospital-based study is carried out from January to May 2019 among children from under five years old who were admitted to El-Obeid pediatric teaching Hospital, North kordofan, Sudan with acute respiratory tract infection. <strong>Results: </strong>Fifty hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infection were enrolled in the study. Two of these (4%) were tested positive for (hMPV) in the age group (7 months - 2 years) old. Moreover, the study showed no significant correlation between infection with (hMPV) and age.
%K Human Metapneumovirus
%K Respiratory Tract Infection
%K Real Time
%K Sudan
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=102752