ALLMedicine™ Human Metapneumovirus Center

May 11th, 2022 - Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) belongs to the Pneumoviridae family and is closely related to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The surface fusion (F) glycoprotein mediates viral fusion and is the primary target of neutralizing antibodies against hM...

May 10th, 2022 - Viral pneumonia is usually community acquired and caused by influenza, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus, human metapneumovirus, and adenovirus. Many of these infections are airway centric and chest imaging demonstrates bronchiolitis and ...

May 1st, 2022 - The impact of strengthening preventive measures against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on the prevalence of respiratory viruses in children was examined. After the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the rate of multiple v...

Apr 27th, 2022 - To compare infection rates and circulating subtypes of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) before (2019-2020) and after the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (2021) in Israel. In total, 12,718 respiratory samples were collected from hospit...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - Pretransplant respiratory virus infections (RVIs) have been shown to negatively impact hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) outcomes. The impact of and need for delay of HCT for pretransplant infection with human rhinovirus (HRV) or endemic hu...

Apr 7th, 2022 - Probiotics have shown an antiviral activity and several mechanisms have been demonstrated. In respiratory tract infections (RTIs), the majority of probiotics can inhibit the most important respiratory viruses by immunomodulatory mechanisms. There ...

Oct 1st, 2021 - Acute upper and lower respiratory tract infections (RTI) due to respiratory viruses, such as, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, parainfluenza virus (PIV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) are a major public health problem. During the 20...

Feb 2nd, 2021 - The purpose of this study is to describe the clinical and economic burden in adults and infants/children less than or equal to 5 years of age by type of respiratory pathogen (respiratory syncytial virus [RSV], influenza A, and human metapneumoviru...

Jul 9th, 2020 - Cohort 1: It is designed as a two stage, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, two parallel doses, placebo-controlled study that will investigate the efficacy of DAS181 for the treatment of serious IFV in hospitalized patients who suffered from ...

May 7th, 2020 - Dialyzable Leukocyte Extract (DLE) (Transferon oral®) is a dialyzed extract obtained from human leukocytes. Its active ingredient is a complex mixture of low molecular weight peptides obtained from dialysis (12 kDa), and subsequent ultrafiltration...

Oct 4th, 2021 - The common-cold viruses rhinovirus (RV) and enterovirus (EV) continued to circulate among children during the COVID-19 pandemic while there were sharp declines in influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and other respiratory viruses, new dat...

Jul 23rd, 2021 - Influenza and several other respiratory viruses declined in circulation during the pandemic in 2020, but increased during the spring of 2021, researchers found. Flu activity declined in March of 2020, remaining low until May 2021, with less than 0...

Feb 17th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. In this column in September 2020, you read how common respiratory viruses' seasons are usually so predictable, each virus arising, peaking, and th...

Jan 13th, 2021 - Last fall, health experts said it was possible the United States could experience an easy 2020-21 flu season because health measures to fight COVID-19 would also thwart the spread of influenza. It looks like that happened — and then some. Numbers ...

Nov 19th, 2020 - The all-consuming news about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 has overshadowed other viral pathogens that are the cause of severe or fatal lower respiratory infections (LRI) including human metapneumovirus (HMPV). "MPV is really a leading cause of LRI not ...