metapneumovirus
See also: Metapneumovirus
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name, equivalent to meta- + pneumovirus.
Noun
editmetapneumovirus (plural metapneumoviruses)
- Any of a group of viruses (genus Metapneumovirus) responsible for some respiratory infection in humans and birds.
- 2008 February 5, Henry Fountain, “Human Viruses Cause Respiratory Outbreaks in Ivory Coast Chimps”, in New York Times[1]:
- Among them were strains of human respiratory syncytial virus, or HRSV, and of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, both leading causes of respiratory disease in people.