SEVERAL new strains of a killer virus are spreading rapidly in holiday hotspots. Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have risen over the last seven years and experts fear the situation could wors…
expert explained that while respiratory infections are the leading cause of death for children around the world, scientists don't know what causes a large proportion of them.: "They could only identify a virus in people about half the time. And so the question was, 'OK, what about that other half?'"
While HMPV won't account for all the unknown viruses, it is likely to be as many as flu and RSV, Dr Williams said.kids and adults," Dr Williams said. "They are the most likely to put people in the hospital and cause severe disease, most likely to sweep through nursing homes and make older people really sick and even kill them."
A study in the Lancet Global Health estimated that there were 14.2million HMPV infections in children under the age of five in 2018.Worryingly, most people who catch HMPV have no idea.Diane Davison, who caught the virus in April but thought it was Covid, described coughing so horrendously she couldn't talk on the phone.Read More on The Sun
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