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Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) test-positivity sentinel laboratory trends in England, 2012 to 2025

Sinnathamby, M. A.; Savagar, B.; Rawlinson, C.; Rome, M.; Allen, A.; Watson, C.

2025-03-12 public and global health
10.1101/2025.03.04.25322918 medRxiv
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Human metapneumovirus is a common upper respiratory tract infection, routinely monitored as part of laboratory respiratory virus surveillance in England. Given the recent international interest in trends of hMPV, we describe the current and historical trends of hMPV in England overall and by age group using activity threshold methods.

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