2 babies detected with HMPV in Bengaluru hospital, no international travel history
2 babies detected with HMPV in Bengaluru hospital, no international travel history 2 babies detected with HMPV in Bengaluru hospital, no international travel history
NewsIndiaKarnatakaBaby detected with HMPV in Bengaluru hospital, city’s first case, Karnataka says not aware of strain
First case of human Baby detected with HMPV in Bengaluru hospital, city’s first case, Karnataka government says not aware of strain
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First case of HMPV in Bengaluru detected in an eight-month-old.
UPDATED: Jan 6, 2025 09:51 IST
In Short
- First case of HMPV in Bengaluru, virus confirmed in eight-month-old
- Karnataka health department confirms virus via private lab report
- Strain type unknown due to lack of data on virus spread in China
An eight-month-old baby was detected with the HMPV virus in Bengaluru. The case came to notice in Baptist hospital in the city. The state health department of government said they didn’t get the sample tested in their lab. “The reports have come from a private hospital and we have no reason to doubt the tests of private hospital,” a health department source said.
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The HMPV, or human metapneumovirus is usually detected in children under the age of 11 and about 0.7 per cent of all flu samples are HMPV. We don’t what strain of virus this is yet, because we don’t have data on what the strain of the virus detected in China is,” the source said.