Cases of the infection human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have caused some concern among experts amid rising levels in the UK and US.
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But, certain vulnerable groups — the elderly, immunocompromised and young children, for instance — may not have an easy time with hMPV. And the resulting complications differ from that of flu. A third in 2016 by Italian scientists also listed 'febrile seizures, rash, diarrhea and vomiting' as common signs.
'It is part of the cocktail of winter viruses that we are exposed to and, like other viruses, it will transmit in coughs, sneezes and in droplets,' he said. Experts have cautioned that hMPV, which produces flu-like symptoms, can lurk in the body for days and so it can be easily passed on to others
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