metapneumovirus

See also: Metapneumovirus

English

Etymology

From the genus name, equivalent to meta- +‎ pneumovirus.

Noun

metapneumovirus (plural metapneumoviruses)

1. 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.