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Thursday, September 18, 2003Something called the metapneumovirus, discovered just two years ago, turns out to be an exceedingly common cause of human misery, responsible for garden-variety colds in grown-ups and more severe coughing, wheezing and congestion in children. Researchers are beginning to piece together the scope of this ubiquitous but overlooked bug, which appears to afflict just about everybody, probably over and over. Even though the virus seems rarely to be serious, its vast presence intrigues microbiologists, and it is one of the most talked-about topics at this week's meeting in Chicago of the American Society for Microbiology. Experts say the metapneumovirus is almost certainly not a new bug but something that has been around for eons. posted by Sydney on 9/18/2003 10:55:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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