Concurrent annual circulation of all 4 hMPV subtypes is common, with a single hMPV subtype usually predominating in a given year, [5,19,20,21,22] although the subtype may differ from year to year.

A 2013 NIV Pune study analysed 224 clinical samples and identified multiple HMPV strains (A2, B1, and B2 lineages). A2 and B2 were found to be predominant subtypes. A 2014 Assam study found HMPV ...

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 ...

It has two subtypes, A and B, with A2c and B2 genotypes being the most common globally until 2022.” A 2018 global report attributed 11 million cases to HMPV, with a 5% hospitalization rate and ...

Cases of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) are on the rise in China, causing global concern. The respiratory virus is not new, but much of the public was previously unaware of its existence.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh ...

(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 ...

We’ve seen increased interest in recent weeks in the number of cases of respiratory illness caused by the human metapneumovirus, also known as hMPV. Some headlines have referred to a “mystery virus”, ...