Human metapneumovirus

Species of virus

Human metapneumovirus is a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Pneumoviridae and is closely related to the avian metapneumovirus (AMPV) subgroup C. It was isolated for the first time in 2001 in the Netherlands by using the RAP-PCR technique for the identification of unknown viruses growing in cultured cells. As of 2016, it was the second most common causeโ€”after respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)โ€”of acute respiratory tract illness in otherwise-healthy children under the age of 5 in a large US outpatient clinic.

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