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Bacteria was detected in blood, nasopharyngeal secretion, bronchoalveolar lavage specimen or pleural fluid by culture. In parallel, MP was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In addition, we performed metagenomic testing of alveolar lavage fluid from some of the patients in our study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The detection rate of HBoV was 6.62% (558\/8430), whereas that of hMPV was 2.24% (189\/ 8430). The detection rate of HBoV was significantly higher in children aged 1 to &amp;lt;3 years than in other age groups, but there were no significant differences in positivity rates for hMPV by age. Before 2020, the incidence of HBoV infection peaked in summer and autumn, whereas that of hMPV peaked in spring. The epidemiology of both HBoV and hMPV has changed because of the impact of the novel coronavirus. Among the positive cases, the HBoV mixed infection rate was 51.6%, which was similar to that for hMPV mixed infection (44.4%). Comparing clinical characteristics between HBoV and hMPV single infection, the median age of children was 17 months in the HBoV group and 11 months in the hMPV group. In the HBoV single infection group, 31 patients (11.5%) had pulse oxygen saturation of less than 92% on admission, 47 (17.4%) had shortness of breath, and 26 (9.6%) presented with dyspnea. Meanwhile, four patients (3.8%) in the hMPV single infection group had pulse oxygen saturation of less than 92% on admission, eight (7.6%) displayed shortness of breath, and three (2.9%) had dyspnea. The proportion of patients requiring mechanical ventilation and the rate of PICU admission were higher in the HBoV group than in the hMPV group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of HBoV infection is higher than that of hMPV infection in children with lower respiratory tract infection in Suzhou, and HBoV is more likely to cause severe infection than hMPV. 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