What to know about the virus with no vaccine, treatment hitting certain states

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Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, are hitting certain states, including California and New Jersey.

HMPV can cause upper and lower respiratory disease, and currently there is no vaccine to prevent it and no specific antiviral therapy to treat it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Instead, medical care can be “supportive,” the CDC notes, which often involves treating symptoms. "Most people will recover on their own," the agency notes, but adds people who get sick should drink plenty of liquids, stay home and rest.

The Cleveland Clinic says treatments for the virus can include oxygen therapy if the patient has a hard time breathing.

https://health.yahoo.com/conditions/respiratory/articles/know-virus-no-vaccine-treatment-155632553.html

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based on a pre-print article pending peer review-publication from a group in India. If I had a high risk HMPV family member (or patient) with pneumonia, that would be worth discussing with the treating clinician in addition to aggressive supportive care. But, for now, we are not well-positioned as this spreads. It is actually NOT new, but fairly recently identified (emergent) among human respiratory pathogens.