By, Dr Sangeeta V Budur, Consultant – Paediatrics & Paediatric Intensive care, Aster RV Hospital HMPV virus is not a novel virus – It was first isolated in 2001 by Van den Hoogen and her colleagues in Netherlands in the nasopharyngeal secretions of children with respiratory tract infections. The virus was named human metapneumovirus because […]
A Growing Threat: Navigating HMPV and Emerging Respiratory Illnesses in Children
Dr. Sujatha Thyagarajan, Lead & HOD – Pediatric Intensive Care and Pediatric Emergency at Aster RV Hospital Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) has become an important issue among respiratory infections in children in the last few years. Though it is like other viral infections, where symptoms include cough, cold, and fever, its clinical presentations and treatment modalities […]