Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is an RNA virus. Belongs to the paramyxoviridae family, similar to RSV. It occurs in late winter and spring. Reinfection can occur throughout life.

Experts have detailed the unique symptoms of HMPV as one in 10 children in hospital with infection test positive ...

Beijing has made a fresh rebuke to some voices labeling China's recent cases of infection with human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, as an "unknown virus", calling such claims "run counter to basic ...

However, hMPV is not new. It was first identified in 2001 and may have been circulating decades earlier, with recurring ...

HMPV is now recognized as one of the viruses responsible for "the common cold," usually causing mild symptoms such as a cough and a runny or stuffy nose. There is no specific treatment for HMPV and at ...

"Perhaps due to ideological differences and Orientalist clickbait business models, some international media rarely hesitate ...

As China continues to monitor an increase in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), here's what you need to know about the ...

In China, reports of HMPV infections have indeed been rising in recent weeks in the more northerly regions. But so have ...

Reports of rising hMPV infections in China have attracted media attention, but experts say the virus poses low pandemic risk ...

A virus that's not well known to the public is spiking in China. CDC officials said HMPV is not a cause for concern here, nor ...

A recent increase in cases of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China has been misrepresented on social media as evidence ...

China will continue to see multiple pathogens fueling its winter illness outbreak through spring, the country’s CDC said in December 2024.