Month: January 2004

January 28, 2004

Major cause of infant pneumonia described by Vanderbilt Children’s experts

Researchers at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital have nailed down a clear picture of a newly described virus that is a leading cause of pneumonia in babies. A study in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine defines the "who, how, and how much" of the impact of human metapneumovirus (MPV) on children.

By VUMC News and Communications