Infants at risk from HMPV: Top questions answered
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Infants at risk from HMPV: Top questions answered

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Human metapneumovirus is a respiratory illness that presents symptoms similar to the common cold or flu. Speaking to India Today TV, renowned paediatrician Dr Krishna Chugh addressed key concerns about HMPV, focusing on its potential risks to infants and precautions that parents can take against the virus spread. Dr Ankita Baidya echoed a similar remark, but added that HMPV in infants can cause pneumonia for which oxygen therapy might be required. Dr Baidya said that those who have been exposed to the virus start seeing symptoms three-six days after contracting it. Dr Patel added that symptoms of the virus are similar to those of a common cold, adding that infants report breathlessness only in severe cases.

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