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A virus without a vaccine or treatment is hitting California. What you need to know
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A respiratory virus that doesn’t have a vaccine or a specific treatment regimen is spreading in some parts of California — but there’s no need to sound the alarm just yet, public health officials say.
A majority of Northern California communities have seen high concentrations of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, detected in their wastewater, according to data from the WastewaterScan Dashboard, a public database that monitors sewage to track the presence of infectious diseases.
A Los Angeles Times data analysis found the communities of Merced in the San Joaquin Valley, and Novato and Sunnyvale in the San Francisco Bay Area have seen increases in HMPV levels in their wastewater between mid-December and the end of February.
What to know about the virus with no vaccine, treatment hitting certain states
Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, are hitting certain states, including California and New Jersey.
HMPV can cause upper and lower respiratory disease, and currently there is no vaccine to prevent it and no specific antiviral therapy to treat it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Instead, medical care can be “supportive,” the CDC notes, which often involves treating symptoms. "Most people will recover on their own," the agency notes, but adds people who get sick should drink plenty of liquids, stay home and rest.
The Cleveland Clinic says treatments for the virus can include oxygen therapy if the patient has a hard time breathing.
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