''Metapneumovirus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of viruses in the family ''

Pneumoviridae ''Pneumoviridae'' (from Greek ''pneumo-'' 'lung' + ''-viridae'' 'virus', from Latin, 'poison, slimy liquid') is a family of Negative-strand RNA virus, negative-strand RNA viruses in the order ''Mononegavirales''. Humans, cattle, and rodents serve ...

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Taxonomy

The genus contains the following two species, listed by scientific name and followed by the exemplar virus of the species: * ''Metapneumovirus avis'',

Avian metapneumovirus Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV), also known as turkey rhinotracheitis or swollen head syndrome, causes a variety of disease syndromes in birds, depending on the bird species and virus type (A, B, C or D). First detected in 1978 in South Africa, the ...

* ''Metapneumovirus hominis'',

Human metapneumovirus Human metapneumovirus (HMPV or hMPV) is a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family ''Pneumoviridae'' and is closely related to the avian metapneumovirus (AMPV) subgroup C. It was isolated for the first time in 2001 in the Netherland ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16606632 Virus genera Pneumoviridae