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Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a common cause of respiratory tract infections in children, adults and elderly. Symptoms range from mild rhinorrhea to severe respiratory illness with bronchiolitis and pneumonia, the latter particularly in infants, young children, elderly, persons with cardiopulmonary diseases and immunocompromised individuals. HMPV spreads by infectious droplets or by contact with nasal or oral secretions from infected people.