“I think we’re just more cautious of outbreaks now,” Jacqueline Stephens, PhD, a senior lecturer in public health at Flinders University in Australia, told the Guardian.“Everyone is hypervigilant, and you hear this term human metapneumovirus and it sounds kind of scary.” But HMPV is ...
told CBS News, adding not only is the virus fairly stable, it's also not a novel virus like COVID-19 was. "This has been circulating for a while, so people have some immunity against this human metapneumovirus."
Closely related viruses known as avian metapneumovirusescirculate in birdsand the human metapneumovirus is thought to have evolvedfrom one of these. However, this is thought to have occurred around 200 years ago, so the situation with hMPV is very different to that with the covid-19 virus,...
A common respiratory virus called human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, has been spreading in some countries in Asia, including China, India, Malaysia and Kazakhstan. Here’s what we know
Human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, can cause respiratory disease in people of all ages, but particularly among young children, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cases of HMPV, which is in the same family...
Human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, can cause respiratory disease in people of all ages, but particularly among young children, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cases of HMPV, which is in the same famil...
The human metapneumovirus: what impact on your patients?M. Elina SerraRalph WitteveenFernando P. Polack
Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a leading cause of acute respiratory infection, particularly in children, immunocompromised patients, and the elderly. HMPV, which is closely related to avian metapneumovirus subtype C, has circulated for at least 65 years, and nearly every child will be infected...
Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a leading respiratory viral pathogen associated with bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and asthma exacerbation in young children, the elderly and immunocompromised individuals. The development of a potential vaccine against hMPV requires detailed understanding of the host immune sys...
But despite the surface similarities, this situation is very different, and far less worrisome, medical experts say. The Chinese cases are reported to be infections with human metapneumovirus, known to doctors as HMPV. Here is what we know: ...