“HMPV can certainly make people very sick, and high case numbers are a threat to effective hospital services, but the current situation in China with high HMPV cases is very different to the ...

"A severe HMPV season can strain hospital capacity — particularly pediatric wards — but does not overwhelm medical centers." While there is no vaccine or antiviral for the disease, in most ...

The HMPV virus is a respiratory infection that has been spreading across the globe, with reports of the disease spiking in China. Now a patient has opened up on the symptoms ...

HMPV accounts for between 5 and 7% of children admitted to hospital with respiratory infection. Few long-term studies have been performed, but they suggest seasonality in the incidence of HMPV ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

The incubation period for HMPV is usually between three and six days, with symptoms lasting for varying durations depending on the severity of the infection ...

“Dr Chen Chih-jung of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital stated in an interview on Thursday (Dec 26) that hMPV is similar to respiratory syncytial virus [RSV], which primarily affects children ...

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 ...