HMPV: After the HMPV virus's outbreak in China, India detected five cases on Monday, January 6. Amid already existing concerns of whether this COVID-like virus can bring in another pandemic ...

The discovery of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, goes back to 2000, when a group of Dutch scientists set out to find what caused acute respiratory infections in humans. They found an unknown pathogen.

First reported in children from the Netherlands in 2001. Retrospective studies have shown the presence of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the human population from as early as the 1950s.

First identified in 2001, HMPV belongs to the Pneumoviridae family and is recognized for causing respiratory infections that closely resemble those caused by other common viruses. Since its discovery ...

HMPV full form is Human Metapneumovirus, an infectious respiratory virus that primarily causes mild cold-like symptoms. It was first identified by scientists in 2001, but research shows that the ...

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), a negative, single-stranded RNA virus, accounts for approximately 5-15% of infant respiratory tract infections and poses a severe risk of disease and hospitalization ...

(Background image: People wearing protective face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of HMPV in India/Right image: Prof Sarath Ranganathan, a Melbourne-based expert in respiratory ...

The Indian Council of Medical Research has detected two cases of Human Metapneumovirus or HMPV, in Karnataka. The two cases that tested positive for HMPV are babies, who had a history of ...

PHNOM PENH: The Communicable Disease Control Department (CDC) warns of a human metapneumovirus (hMPV) outbreak in China. hMPV causes symptoms like the common cold and Covid-19, with rising ...