Unlike COVID, HMPV is considered an “anonymous virus,” meaning many people infected with HMPV don’t know that they have it, dismissing their symptoms as cold or flu. However, MPV can ...

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.

HMPV can sometimes go on to cause other respiratory ... Both children had a previous history of bronchopneumonia, the newspaper said. Officials stressed that neither of the babies had traveled ...

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 ...

But is HMPV (or human metapneumovirus) really something to worry about? The bad news first. HMPV is on the rise in England, according to official figures. It's a virus that causes respiratory ...

(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) causes respiratory infections, mainly affecting young children and the elderly. It is spread through respiratory droplets and can lead to severe complications.

hVIVO plc (AIM: HVO), a fast-growing early-stage Contract Research Organisation (CRO) and the world leader in human challenge clinical trials, announces that, following the success of its pilot human ...

Ghana has recorded one case of Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV). This is the first case detected since the country begun testing for human metapneumovirus hMPV in January 2025. Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, ...