Recent viral outbreaks such as hMPV highlight the need for routine surveillance effective risk communication and boosting healthcare infrastructure Acute respiratory infections are a serious public he ...

The human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a common respiratory virus that typically causes mild cold-like symptoms. Studies show it has circulated in human populations since the 1970s, though it was ...

The latest data shows another virus, known as HMPV, has also been spiking in some parts of the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously confirmed it was monitoring a ...

the story of the new HMPV virus would unfold like the story of COVID-19. "There would be reports of increasing hospitalisations, that would lead to whole genome sequencing, looking at what exactly ...

Researchers at Duke University, US, found that influenza viruses have a genome that is not DNA (which is a storehouse ... tested — so we do not know whether it’s influenza or the human metapneumovirus ...

Assuring that her department has the full genome sequence of HMPV from a sample collected in December 2023 from Colombo, she pointed out that many positives had also been identified at the Kandy ...

Genomic sequencing can detect any mutation in the virus. "We have identified only four HMPV cases in our lab since mid-Nov, the last one being on Jan 1. We see no such spike to be concerned about ...

What began as reports about a cluster of infections in China with human metapneumovirus has led ... Without whole genome sequencing and clinical data suggesting increased virulence or ...

It’s a marvel how the human genome — two meters of DNA — fits into the tiny nucleus of a cell while orchestrating the complex processes that sustain life. A new study from Northwestern Engineering’s ...

HMPV spreads primarily through respiratory droplets ... possible through nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) for viral genome detection or through direct detection of viral antigens in ...

This time the virus is human metapneumovirus, abbreviated to HMPV. So what is the real situation and what is HMPV anyway? HMPV is a respiratory virus in the same family as the more commonly known ...