Respiratory viruses are being passed around like candy, and each year there seems to be a new one to watch. The most recent virus making waves is the human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, according to the U ...

Multiple viruses are being detected at high levels in the region.

Chinese health officials are reportedly monitoring an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV). There is currently no evidence that the outbreak is out of the ordinary or that a new ...

A surge in cases in China is making headlines, but experts say this isn’t a new virus and doesn’t have pandemic potential. Health authorities are monitoring a rise in the respiratory illness human ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Human metapneumovirus appears to spread from children to adults, a new study shows. "Children expressed peak human metapneumovirus activity 3 days before the community midpoint," said ...

Note: Sequences in parenthesis represent probe sequence used in real-time PCR. * This RT-PCR assay was performed with the primer sets as described but in *, another round of hemi-nested PCR ...