Doctors have issued a warning about a killer virus
you might not have heard of before. Human metapneumovirus is a virus that may not be on everyone's radar.
HMPV, which can cause killer pneumonia, and it was the second most common cause of respiratory infections in kids behind RSV in the last 25 years. Dr John Williams, a paediatrician at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, fears that people are not aware of this fatal virus.He said: "It's the most important virus you've never heard of.
Worryingly, most people who catch HMPV have no idea as testing outside of hospitals is rare. Symptoms of the virus include a runny nose, sore throat, cough and wheezing.
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