US EditionWhat is human metapneumovirus (HMPV)? Symptoms, routes of infection and treatments
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The MPvH has been pointed out on social networks as responsible for a “new Covid”, whose cases have been increasing for several weeks. It is actually well known and comes back every winter, including in France.
By Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español The human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is one of the viruses that cause the common cold, “an infection of the upper respiratory tract,” according to the World Health Organization (WHO). HMPV typically circulates in the Earth's Northern Hemisphere during winter, which is why it is said to be a seasonal virus. “It's not a new virus,” Margaret Harris, a WHO spokeswoman, explained in early January, in response to recent rep…
Two cases of human metapneumovirus infection have been reported in Wah Cantt. Federal Ministry of Health officials say that both patients had mild symptoms and have now recovered.
The human metapneumovirus is an acute respiratory virus that was discovered in 2001, causes mild pictures as a common cold and is an endemic disease that does not represent danger today. Gerardo Álvarez Hernández, an epidemiologist doctor and full-time professor at the school of Medicine of the University of Sonora, reported that this belongs to the same family of the respiratory syncicial virus, which is very common.
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