MPV tends to hit hardest in young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems. A virologist explains.

Human metapneumovirus is a common respiratory virus discovered in 2001 that causes an upper, ... Loveday said HMPV is in the pneumoviridae family which includes respiratory syncytial virus.

HMPV is considered to be part of the Pneumoviridae viral family, which is the same group Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is associated with, a Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security report says.

Abstract and The Classification of Human Metapneumovirus Abstract. ... Symptoms exhibited by patients are similar to those in respiratory syncytial virus-infected patients.

The virus can be more severe in young children and in older adults, and the U.S. typically sees some 20,000 to 25,000 influenza deaths per year, though that number can reach as high as 60,000 ...

The United States could soon have another tool in the fight against respiratory syncytial virus, an illness that’s the No. 1 ...

It was first discovered in 2001 and is part of the Pneumoviridae family along with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, according to the CDC. It may have been circulating even earlier — for ...

Immunizations “are not all good or bad,” says the chair of the overhauled panel.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is responsible for an estimated 33 million acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) and over 3 million hospitalisations in children below 5 years ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee voted on Thursday to recommend infants receive a ...

RSV is the focus of a new national pediatric guideline in China aimed at standardizing diagnosis, treatment, and prevention strategies for respiratory tract infections in children ...