But the percentage of people testing positive for HMPV out of those visiting participating GPs with symptoms of respiratory illness increased to 4.92 per cent by the middle of January 2025. This is ...

Jamshedpur: The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) has prepared an isolation ward to tackle cases of Human Metapneumovirus .

Jamshedpur: The East Singhbhum civil surgeon Dr Sahir Pall on Thursday said that the district has sufficient RT-PCR testing kits for testing of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) and can readily begin ...

Currently, HMPV test facilities are available only in private labs and hospitals. The same machine is used for HMPV tests as for COVID-19 testing, but it requires a special kit certified for HMPV. MGM ...

We have ordered the kits and will start testing at the earliest,’ Dr Kothari said. Some of the private laboratories claimed to test the HMPV but sources said that they also send the samples to ...

A trip may also be advisable for those experiencing severe and persistent HMPV-like symptoms. They will be able to diagnose you and provide a test if necessary.

But it is only now being detected more via a test that costs ... Adds Dr Pinto, "Human metapneumovirus is one of the viruses, for example, detected on this multiplex PCR kit.

The increasing number of patients at MGM Hospital, some of whom show symptoms similar to HMPV, has prompted the urgent need for testing. With the arrival of test kits, the district is now ready to ...