Investigators at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have generated an hMPV fusion glycoprotein (“F protein”) stabilized in a ...

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China is reportedly monitoring an uptick in Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases, but there’s been no confirmation of a new outbreak or emergency linked to the typically mild respiratory virus.

China's CDC website claims that the human metapneumovirus is an RNA virus, which belongs to the Pneumoviridae, Metapneumovirus genus. According to some studies, the virus has continued to exist ...