The cause of the disease also determines whether pneumonia is contagious or not. The viral forms of it that are most ...

Case study reveals how human metapneumovirus can cause severe pneumonia even in healthy adults, emphasizing the need for precision diagnostics to tackle under-recognized respiratory threats.

Local news reports blamed hMPV — human metapneumovirus — a ... As with all respiratory infections, one major risk is pneumonia, a potentially fatal lung condition, which can develop within ...

However, MPV can progress to more dire symptoms, including pneumonia. Among young children, older adults and the immunocompromised, HMPV can cause an illness severe enough to send them to the ...

hMPV A1 strains were not detected in any tested specimen. Clinical diagnosis was bronchiolitis in 57.1%; pneumonia in 25%; and a upper respiratory tract illness in 17.8%. Bronchiolitis was more ...

"Clinical symptoms of HMPV infection may progress to bronchitis or pneumonia and are similar to other viruses that cause upper and lower respiratory infections," the CDC's website notes.

Young children and adults aged 65 and older are among those at the highest risk of HMPV progressing to bronchitis or pneumonia. HMPV can spread through secretions from coughing and sneezing ...

HMPV symptoms are similar to other flu-like ... can progress to bronchitis—inflammation of the lungs' airways—or pneumonia: inflammation of the lungs themselves. The length of the illness ...

HMPV can progress and cause clinical symptoms to develop, such as bronchitis or pneumonia. To prevent HMPV, the CDC recommends washing your hands and cleaning surfaces regularly, as well as ...

The HMPV worries are reminiscent of panic last winter over childhood pneumonia cases in China caused by the common Mycoplasma pneumoniae bacterium that periodically spike in countries. Public ...

HMPV, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and COVID-19, overwhelms hospitals and crematoriums.” As of Jan. 9, there has been no credible news report or official statement from Chinese authorities about a ...