Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

What Is Human Metapneumovirus, and Why Are Cases Rising in China?


A common respiratory virus called human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, has been spreading in some countries in Asia, including China, India, Malaysia and Kazakhstan. Here’s what we know

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Scientific American

Read more on:

Photo of China

China

Photo of Cases

Cases

Related news:

News photo

What is HMPV? China steps up emergency measures amid new virus outbreak

News photo

A new facility in China will soon begin hunting for ghostly neutrino particles in a spherical particle jail that’s nearly half a mile beneath a granite mountain.

News photo

China to debut new Long March and commercial rockets in 2025