What is HMPV, the mysterious virus that China is struggling with?
Five years after Covid-19, China is grappling with an outbreak of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). The HMPV is an RNA virus that belongs to the Pneumoviridae, Metapneumovirus genus. It was first detected in 2001 by Dutch researchers studying samples of children with respiratory infections, but it has been around for six decades
Five years after Covid-19, China is grappling with an outbreak of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV). The HMPV is an RNA virus that belongs to the Pneumoviridae, Metapneumovirus genus. It was first detected in 2001 by Dutch researchers studying samples of children with respiratory infections, but it has been around for six decades
