As winter settles over Australia, it's not just the drop in temperature we notice—there's also a sharp rise in respiratory ...

MPV tends to hit hardest in young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems. A virologist explains.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza reached Antarctica’s mainland in early 2024, leaving Australia, New Zealand and Pacific ...

Also, if the symptoms from reinfections are extremely mild, it would likely make that rapid detection difficult ... and physicians don't routinely test for HMPV. Most infections typically go ...

Since hMPV appeared to be closely related to APV, we wished to test whether hMPV is a primary ... and by virus isolation using rapid shell-vial techniques on tMK cells and CEF, as well as various ...

is encouraging genetic research on the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and the development of rapid diagnostic tests to detect it. Research is needed to determine the characteristics of the ...

rapid antigen tests, chest X-rays, etc., as per the American Lung Association. What are the complications associated with hMPV? In most cases, hMPV results in mild symptoms, but in high-risk ...

Dr Kalebi explains that there are PCR tests (laboratory techniques that detect viruses) for hMPV, which is the recommended method for confirming the viral infection. “Rapid antigen tests have been ...

However, the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic such as the importance of rapid diagnostics, surveillance, and public health measures can also apply to managing HMPV effectively.

Data from the National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) shows that among lab tests submitted for HMPV, more than 2% tested positive through the first week of January.