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Common Respiratory Virus Detected in North Bay Wastewater
A familiar but resurging virus is making its way through California’s wastewater. Health officials are sounding the alarm after detecting “human metapneumovirus”—or HMPV—in several Northern California cities, including Santa Rosa and Napa. While HMPV isn’t a new threat, experts say its seasonal timing was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Usually peaking between winter and spring, the virus is now showing up in high concentrations from San Fra…
While the cold, flu and COVID-19 grab attention, a less known but highly contagious virus strongly affects the West Coast of the United States. Data from SCAN from wastewater show that human metaneumovirus (HMPV) is out of control in northern California, specifically in San Francisco, Marin, Vallejo, Napa, Novato, Santa Rosa, Sacramento and Davis. The virus peaked in January and remains high in early March, although the seasonal winter wave is n…
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