Author(s)

Huzifa Abdalla Abdelrahman Ahmed^1*, Nassreldeen Khalid Abdelrahman², Mudathir Abdallah Adam²

¹Faculty of Medicine, Sudan International University, Khartoum, Sudan.
²Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Al Fashir, Al Fashir, Sudan.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) among children with acute respiratory tract infection and the correlation between (hMPV) and age group. Methods: This prospective, descriptive cross-sectional hospital-based study is carried out from January to May 2019 among children from under five years old who were admitted to El-Obeid pediatric teaching Hospital, North kordofan, Sudan with acute respiratory tract infection. Results: Fifty hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infection were enrolled in the study. Two of these (4%) were tested positive for (hMPV) in the age group (7 months - 2 years) old. Moreover, the study showed no significant correlation between infection with (hMPV) and age.

Human Metapneumovirus, Respiratory Tract Infection, Real Time, Sudan

Ahmed, H. , Abdelrahman, N. and Adam, M. (2020) The Prevalence of Human Metapneumovirus among Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in North Kordofan State, Sudan. American Journal of Molecular Biology, 10, 259-264. doi: 10.4236/ajmb.2020.104017.