vIRus In Summer
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Human metapneumovirus infection
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON26351
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr. E. R. Heddema, Department of microbiology Zuyderland Medisch Centrum, Heerlen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 534
Inclusion Criteria
Patients presented at Zuyderland Medical Center with HMPV infection, as determined by nasopharyngeal swab in which the PCR was positive for HMPV. These included both children and adults.
Exclusion Criteria
Absence of nasopharyngeal swab. No informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Gain insight into likely shifts in incidence of HMPV, both in children and adults, between 2016 and 2021.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Gain insight in patients admitted with HMPV between 1/6/21 and 1/8/21 as to whether it is 1 cluster of introduction or whether there are multiple genotypes circulating.<br>- Comparison of clinical manifestations and clinical outcomes of adult patients in June/July 2021 compared to the historical patient cohort from our earlier study.<br>- Comparison of clinical manifestations and outcomes between children and adults in June/July 2021.