Human Metapneumovirus: A Largely Unrecognized Threat to Human Health

Human metapneumovirus: a new threat?

Cytoskeletal rearrangements in synovial fibroblasts as a novel pathophysiological determinant of modeled rheumatoid arthritis. Prevention of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis after adenovirus-mediated transfer of the bacterial bleomycin resistance gene. The lysophosphatidic acid receptor LPA1 links pulmonary fibrosis to lung injury by mediating fibroblast recruitment and vascular leak. Human...

Indoor Aerosols: A Serious Threat for Human Health

Wireless Radiation: a Threat to Human Health

Worldwide revelation to the promising wireless technologies emits harmful radiations which may possess severe damage to human health. Communication devices like mobile phones, WI-FI, Bluetooth, WLAN, laptops, headphones, and cellular phones all use wireless technologies. Wireless networks emit radiation in the microwave frequency range. These radiations are invisible, elusive, and they enter an...

Environmental mycobacteria: a threat to human health?

In many cases, bacterial pathogens are close relatives to nonpathogens. Pathogens seem to be limited lineages within nonpathogenic bacteria. Nonpathogenic isolates are generally more diverse and widespread in the environment and it is generally considered that environmental bacteria do not pose a risk to human health as clinical isolates do; this may not be the case with mycobacteria, but envir...

Human Metapneumovirus.

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a paramyxovirus identified in 2001, is a leading cause of respiratory tract infections in both children and adults. Seroprevalence studies demonstrate that the primary infection occurs before the age of 5 years, and humans are reinfected throughout life. The four subgroups of HMPV occur with year-to-year variability, and infection with one subgroup confers some ser...