Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is an emerging human respiratory pathogen first reported in 2001. hMPV is widely distributed that nearly all individuals have been exposed to the virus by age of 5 years. It causes mild to severe cough, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia and these symptoms cannot be distinguished from those caused by the respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and parainfluenza viruses.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
Lung infections
CA40 Pneumonia
H01063 Human metapneumovirus infection
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H01063 Human metapneumovirus infection
