Metapneumovirus
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| Metapneumovirus
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| Order: | Mononegavirales |
| Family: | Paramyxoviridae |
| Genus: | Metapneumovirus |
|- style="text-align:center; background:violet;" !Species |- | style="padding: 0 .5em;" | Turkey rhinotracheitis virus |} Metapneumovirus is a recently discovered negative single-stranded RNA virus of the family Paramyxoviridae. It may be the second most common cause (after the respiratory syncytial virus) of lower respiratory infection in young children.