Human Metapneumovirus-associated Hospital Burden in Older Adults in Scotland: A Retrospective Analysis
hMPV RTIs pose a substantial hospital burden in older adults in Scotland. The differences between laboratory-confirmed and extrapolated estimates highlight the need for improved surveillance, diagnosis, and coding practices to develop robust burden estimates. The clinical severity of hMPV could be similar to RSV.
Authors
- Durga Kulkarni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7680-1168)
- Nair Harish
- Richard Osei-Yeboah
Institutions
- NHS Lothian (GB)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (ZA)
- Centre for Global Health Research (CA)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofag057
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00