Human metapneumovirus

[摘要] Children with respiratory infections frequently present to primary care. For doctors the diagnosis and management of these children is often straightforward — most infections are self-limiting and symptomatic treatment with antipyretics is the standard advice. ‘Viral infection’ is medical shorthand for saying the child has a minor illness and will recover without an antibiotic prescription. But parents may be dissatisfied with a diagnosis of ‘it's just a virus’ and their satisfaction with consultation enhanced by a more precise diagnosis and prognostic information about the likely course of the illness.1,2

[学科分类] 卫生学