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Human Metapneumovirus

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a recently identified Paramyxovirus first isolated from hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI). From US CDC [click here]

Scientist in Canada, Germany and Hong Kong have found traces of human meta-pneumovirus in SARS patients. From National Post [click here]

• Human Metapneumovirus article at eMedicine.com
• CDC - Human Metapneumovirus
• Infectious Diseases - Mediscover
• Dutch identify virus causing flu-like illness - Dispatch Online
• Newly Discovered Respiratory Virus is Widespread - Pulmonary Reviews.com
• Turkey-like virus found in children in Australia - Medinformation.com
• New Respiratory Virus Found in Australian Children - Royal Children's Hospital, Queensland, Australia