Every year, millions of infants are infected by a little-known virus that is the most common cause of respiratory disease in children. Respiratory syncytial ... in infants under 12 months of ...

Discovered in 2001, HMPV belongs to the Pneumoviridae family and is closely related to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV ... including children under five and adults over 65, often experience ...

A virus rapidly spreading in China is also circulating in the United States, causing concern among health experts.

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But there's a fourth "bug" the public should be aware of: respiratory syncytial virus. RSV causes cold-like symptoms and affects the breathing passages and lungs. Wastewater levels of RSV are ...

Children 14 and under are said to be most affected. While not as widely known as other viruses, HMPV is not new. The virus was first discovered in 2001 and is in the same family as respiratory ...