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We describe the prevalence of human metapneumovirus infection in children visiting outpatient department with symptoms of respiratory illness in rural areas of Dibrugarh District of Assam. Human metapneumovirus was observed in 7.2% (20/276) of children aged ≤5 years with detection of genotypes A2b and B2.

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  1. Division of Virology, Regional Medical Research Centre, Northeast Region, Post: Lahoal, Dibrugarh, Assam, India

    Dipankar Biswas, Kaushal Yadav, Biswajyoti Borkakoty & Jagadish Mahanta

  2. Centre for Promotion of Nutrition Research & Training with special focus on North-East, Tribal and Inaccessible Population, ICMR, New Delhi, India

    P. G. Bansal, G. S. Toteja & R. Suman

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College and Hospital Tanda at Kangra, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Piyush Gautam, Nivedita Sharma, Milap Sharma & Sanjeev Choudhary

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Biswas, D., Yadav, K., Borkakoty, B. et al. Research Letters. Indian Pediatr 51, 931–935 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-014-0533-6

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