{"id":3683,"date":"2023-05-30T12:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T17:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=3683"},"modified":"2023-05-30T12:24:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T17:24:56","slug":"what-is-human-metapneumovirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/05\/30\/what-is-human-metapneumovirus\/","title":{"rendered":"What is human metapneumovirus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/What is human metapneumovirus?\">Washington Post<\/a>) Most people probably have not heard of human metapneumovirus, which causes a respiratory illness that typically feels like a common cold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people probably have not heard of the virus, but it\u2019s no cause for alarm. It\u2019s a respiratory illness that, for most who get it,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2023\/03\/29\/allergies-viruses-covid-flu-colds\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will feel like a common cold<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are answers to common questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is human metapneumovirus?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Human metapneumovirus, which was discovered in 2001, is a paramyxovirus, a family of viruses known to cause a wide range of common infections. Other paramyxoviruses include parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), measles and mumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis one usually causes a cold \u2014 not a big deal in most individuals,\u201d said Monica Gandhi, an infectious-disease expert at the University of California at San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why are people talking about metapneumovirus?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Like other respiratory illnesses, cases of human metapneumovirus have been on the rise. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this month unusual spikes in cases this spring\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/surveillance\/nrevss\/hmpv\/region.html\" target=\"_blank\">across the United States.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2023\/05\/30\/human-metapneumovirus-hmpv-symptoms\/\">Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\" VG ktIqlUg EbQuiSGjc\"><!--  VG ktIqlUg EbQuiSGjc --><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Washington Post) Most people probably have not heard of human metapneumovirus, which causes a respiratory illness that typically feels like a common cold. Most people probably have not heard of the virus, but it\u2019s no cause for alarm. It\u2019s a respiratory illness that, for most who get it,&nbsp;will feel like a common cold. Here are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":false,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3684,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3683\/revisions\/3684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}