Here is what to know about the virus, which transmits like other respiratory diseases such as flu and COVID-19 ... HMPV is tested by collecting a sample of mucus from the nose or throat using a swab.

Flu season has arrived. So I'm sure you're going to be wondering soon are the symptoms that you're having-- cough, fever maybe runny nose, is it flu? Is it RSV? Is it COVID? Well, some good news.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) are respiratory viruses that affect many people, ...

Worldwide, asthma is the most common chronic respiratory illness that affects children, particularly Puerto Rican and Black youths, who experience higher rates of asthma and asthma-related deaths ...

The union health ministry on 6 January reported 2 cases of HMPV in Karnataka detected by ICMR during routine surveillance.

HMPV virus is not a novel virus - It was first isolated in 2001 by Van den Hoogen and her colleagues in Netherlands in the ...

Here is what to know about the virus, which transmits like other respiratory ... or throat using a swab. Similar to COVID, the sample is analysed in a lab, often with RT-PCR tests.