Nigeria faces unique challenges in addressing the potential threat posed by HMPV. These include limited diagnostic capacity, ...

Draft standard evaluation protocol released for performance evaluation of hMPV real-time PCR: Gireesh Babu, New Delhi Friday, January 31, 2025, 08:00 Hrs [IST] The Central Drugs S ...

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), discovered in 2001, poses significant risks to pregnant women due to altered immune and respiratory systems. These women are more susceptible to severe infections ...

First reported in children from the Netherlands in 2001. Retrospective studies have shown the presence of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the human population from as early as the 1950s.

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it ...

Guwahati: A 75-year-old woman has been detected with human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infection in Guwahati, the second such case this season in Assam, and the patient is undergoing treatment at a ...

HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville sought to reassure the public yesterday that there is no cause for panic over an increase in Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases in China, noting that samples ...

From October 2005 to April 2006 and from October 2006 to April 2007, nasal washes were obtained from 154 and 193 children respectively, who were hospitalized for ARI in the Pediatric Unit of the ...

Discoveries in the past two decades have added new branches to the human family tree, including species such as the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis and the powerfully built Homo naledi. A pinkie ...

She explained what, exactly, HMPV is, its symptoms and how you can stay healthy. HMPV, or human metapneumovirus, is a respiratory virus that primarily causes upper and lower respiratory infections. It ...