Human metapneumovirus-associated hospitalization in HIV-1 exposed uninfected and HIV-1 uninfected children less than 5 years in South Africa.
Lesego M RamochaJeffrey R DorfmanMichelle GroomeVicky BaillieCharl VerweyMarius LaubscherMarta C NunesShabir A MadhiPublished in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2022)
Using hospital surveillance data, we estimated hMPV hospitalization incidence by age and HIV-exposure status. hMPV-associated hospitalization incidence was highest in <1-year children. Incidence rate ratios of HIV-exposed over unexposed children were 1.5 (95%CI 0.9-2.4) for <6-month children, 1.4 (95%CI 0.7-2.4) for 6-11-month children and 0.9 (95%CI 0.4-1.9) for 12-59-month children.