Publication date: Jul 18, 2025
Few studies have simultaneously examined the epidemiology and sex differences of diverse community respiratory viruses, including human metapneumovirus (HMPV), over more than one season. Given that molecular testing for community respiratory viruses was widely performed on patients at UMass Memorial Medical Center between January 2010 and December 2013, a retrospective study was conducted to examine epidemiologic features of positive subjects. Initial testing was done with rapid influenza and respiratory syncytial (RSV) virus antigen testing, with negative testing reflexed to a multiplex nucleic acid amplification platform detecting nine respiratory viruses. Four thousand ninety-eight (50. 6%) of 8092 patients tested positive for at least one virus. The majority (75. 3%) of individuals testing positive were inpatients. Rhinovirus/enterovirus was most frequently detected; influenza A was more common in older adults and RSV incidence was highest among patients 
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Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
| pathway | KEGG | Influenza A |
| disease | MESH | influenza |
| disease | IDO | nucleic acid |
| pathway | REACTOME | Reproduction |
| disease | MESH | Infectious Diseases |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Influenza A virus |
| disease | MESH | Paramyxoviridae Infections |
| disease | MESH | Respiratory Tract Infections |