The samples have now been sent to AIIMS Nagpur and NIV Pune, he said, adding that the children were in good health. Itankar said there were no HMPV patients in Nagpur, and there was no need to panic.

Two more suspected cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been detected in Maharashtra's Nagpur. The patients are children aged 13 and 7 years. According to deputy director of health ...

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is another in the catalog of respiratory viruses causing a stir. The virus peaked in spring, affecting a number of children and the elderly, per CNN. Most of the time ...

Speaking about the procedure, Dr Prashant Joshi, Executive Director of AIIMS Nagpur, stated, "This case demonstrates our commitment to excellence and teamwork. We aim to provide world-class ...

(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 ...

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.

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), although discovered in 2001, is making headlines after an unspecified increase in cases was reported in China. Although it has not been officially pronounced by local ...

People in the UK have been advised to avoid some medical settings and to wear masks in some hospitals and clinics after a rise in cases of a virus now as HMPV. Infections caused concern when there ...

We’ve seen increased interest in recent weeks in the number of cases of respiratory illness caused by the human metapneumovirus, also known as hMPV. Some headlines have referred to a “mystery virus”, ...