and is closely related to the Avian Metapneumovirus (AMPV) subgroup C. It was isolated for the first time in 2001 in the Netherlands by using the RAP-PCR (RNA arbitrarily primed PCR technique) for ...

Outside the U.S., both live and inactivated vaccines are commonly used to immunize chickens and turkeys against avian ...

Note: Sequences in parenthesis represent probe sequence used in real-time PCR. * This RT-PCR assay ... studies have shown the presence of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the human population ...

India has reported five cases of Human Metapneumovirus ... the Avian metapneumovirus (AMPV) subgroup C. It was first identified in 2001 in the Netherlands using RNA arbitrarily primed PCR ...

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released the draft version of standard evaluation protocol for Human MetapneumoVirus (hMPV) ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 19.6% of antigen tests and nearly 11% of PCR tests for human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, were positive in the US in early March.