The Human Meta Pneumovirus or hMPV is not a new virus. However, with many cases being reported in China in December last year ...

As the country braces to surmount the challenges posed by a potential Human Pneumovirus (HMPV) outbreak, the federal government has confirmed an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (AI ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Centers for Disease Control’s influenza map has Louisiana shaded purple, indicating very high levels ...

The alleged culprit is a mysterious "meta pneumovirus" that is reportedly affecting hundreds of people. While respiratory infections are indeed on the rise in China, experts attribute this surge ...

Prof Pollard told Science Media Centre: “The reports of respiratory infections in China in the past few days appear to be attributed to both influenza and this human meta pneumovirus, which is rather ...

HMPV spreads from one infected person to another through direct contact and people should avoid touching things contaminated with the metapneumovirus to remain uninfected ...

The one that I think, which sounds closely to norovirus, is the human meta pneumovirus. And that is causing some, although not nearly as much as flu and COVID-19 and RSV, of the viral illnesses ...

View All Images There are many overlapping symptoms of a common cold and an HMPV infection. Image courtesy: Adobe Stock The Human Meta Pneumovirus or hMPV is not a new virus. However, with many cases ...

Using molecular biology techniques, they compared RNA sequences and found genetic similarities with avian pneumovirus in birds. However, when tested on turkeys and monkeys, the turkeys showed no ...

RSV or respiratory syncytial virus, a pneumovirus, is the most closely related human pathogen to HMPV, and the genomes of the viruses have similar features as well as distinct differences. This virus ...