Close personal contact, such as shaking hands, can also act as a vector for the disease ... Tregoning explained: “HMPV is not a new virus; it was first isolated in 2001 but most likely has ...

As we are emerging from a "tripledemic" of RSV, Covid-19, and the flu, another virus is making its rounds. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is another in the catalog of respiratory viruses causing a stir.

Surveillance data from the CDC's National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) reveals that in the United States, HMPV is most active during late winter and spring in ...