Another type of virus contributed to a spike in respiratory infections this spring

Just when we were starting to see COVID and RSV rates drop this spring, another type of virus contributed to a spike in respiratory infections Symptoms of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, include cough, fever, nasal congestion, and shortness of breath. Yahoo News

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Cases of another type of respiratory virus spiked this spring, just as COVID-19 and RSV rates were finally falling in the US.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 19.6% of antigen tests and nearly 11% of PCR tests for human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, were positive in the US in early March.

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