Scarpino, who is also director of AI + Life Sciences at Northeastern, calls HMPV "an understudied disease we don't often test for." That changed in China when the country started testing for—and ...

HMPV primarily affects the upper and lower respiratory tracts and is particularly concerning for vulnerable groups.

[15] Samples were analyzed in triplicate in three independent PCR assays. The viruses hMPV, PIV-1, PIV-2 and PIV-3 were quantified by LightMix assays (TIB MOLBIOL, Berlin, Germany). The virus ...