Underrated, Unvaccinated, Untreated: A Multinational Registry Analysis of Human Metapneumovirus in Hematological Malignancy, Insights From EPICOVIDEHA/EPIRESEHA Registry
hMPV causes clinically significant disease in patients with hematological malignancy, often necessitating hospital and ICU care, and leading to mortality. In the absence of specific treatments or vaccines, this virus remains an underrecognized pathogen in patients with hematological malignancy. Enhanced clinical awareness and investment in diagnostics, prevention, and therapeutics are needed.
Authors
- Toni Valković (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-8815)
- Verena Petzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-1440)
- Elena Arellano
- Nikola Pantić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7798-4026)
- Maria Merelli
- László Imre Pinczés (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0453-1709)
- Ditte Stampe Hersby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2999-8949)
- Gina VARRICCHIO
- Benjamín Víšek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8268-452X)
- F. Marchesi
- Jens Van Praet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7125-7001)
- Gabriele Magliano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9129-1530)
- Martin Čerňan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2345-1229)
- J. Drozd-Sokołowska
- Monika Biernat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3161-3398)
- Josip Batinić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5595-9911)
- Mario Delia
- L. Prezioso
- Nataša Čolović
- Ahlam Almasari
- A Romano
- Marta Callejas-Charavía
- Antonio Roig Vena
- L Pagano
- Martina Bavastro
- Patricia García-Ramírez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2892-6724)
- Davide Nappi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9776-5875)
- J. Labrador
- Raúl Córdoba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7654-8836)
- Mirjana Mitrović (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8313-3754)
- Amalia Anastasopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2147-7583)
- Dario Leotta
- N. Stefano Fracchiolla
- Romane Prin
- Andreas Glenthøj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2082-0738)
- Simge Erdem
- Chiara Cattaneo
- Noha Nasser Eisa
- Gustavo Adolfo Méndez
- Alberto López-García
- Yavuz M. Bilgin
- Tommaso Francesco Aiello
- Antonio Giordano
- Ildefonso Espigado
- Nicola Sgherza
- Michelina Dargenio
- Nurettin Erben
- Ľuboš Drgoňa
- S. N. Khostelidi
- Caterina Buquicchio
- Alejandro Avendaño
- Oliver A Cornely
- Martin Kolditz
- Andrés Soto-Silva
- Iker Falces-Romero
- Gaëtan Plantefeve
- Kevin Nguyen
- Alessandro Limongelli
- Carolina Garcia-Vidal
- Donald C Vinh
- Dominik Wolf
- Milan Navrátil
- Reham Abdelaziz Khedr
- Barbora Weinbergerová
- Inmaculada Heras-Fernando
- Michail Samarkos
- Lukas Van Der Ven
- Jon Salmanton-García
- Erica Mackenzie
- Claudio Cerchione
- Annarosa Cuccaro
- Sara Caterina Brunetti
- Francesca Farina
- Klára Piukovics
Institutions
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- University of Parma (IT)
- Group Health Cooperative (US)
- University of Debrecen (HU)
- University Hospital Centre Zagreb (HR)
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
- University of Rijeka (HR)
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- Mansoura University (EG)
- National University of Misiones (AR)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- University of Zagreb (HR)
- University of Ostrava (CZ)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Masaryk University (CZ)
- University of Szeged (HU)
- Juraj Dobrila University of Pula (HR)
- Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
- Hospital Universitario La Paz (ES)
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (SA)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- TUM Klinikum (DE)
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (IT)
- Wroclaw Medical University (PL)
- University of Belgrade (RS)
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (US)
- University Hospital Ostrava (CZ)
- Städtisches Klinikum Dresden (DE)
- Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer (ES)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna (AT)
- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda (IT)
- Integrated Oncology (United States) (US)
- Azienda Universitaria Ospedaliera Consorziale - Policlinico Bari (IT)
- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IT)
- Hospital del Salvador (CL)
- Complejo Hospitalario de Salamanca (ES)
- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia (IT)
- Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias (ES)
- Ospedale Sant'Anna (IT)
- University Hospital Olomouc (CZ)
- Centar za Promociju Nauke (RS)
- University Hospitals Parma Medical Center (US)
- Laiko General Hospital of Athens (GR)
- Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (ES)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- Hospital Universitario de Burgos (ES)
- National Institute of Oncology (HU)
- AZ Sint-Jan (BE)
- Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine (IT)
- University of Kansas Medical Center (US)
- Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz (ES)
- Policlinico Universitario di Catania (IT)
- University Clinical Centre (PL)
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (ES)
- National Cancer Institute (MY)
- Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy (FR)
- University Hospital Hradec Králové (CZ)
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases (DE)
- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino (IT)
- Ospedale Sant'Anna (IT)
- King Fahad Hospital Jeddah (SA)
- Admiraal De Ruyter Ziekenhuis (NL)
- North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov (RU)
- Ospedale Vito Fazzi (IT)
- Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío (ES)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Azienda Usl Toscana Centro (IT)
- Polytechnic Pula (HR)
- Universidad Isabel I (ES)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
- Children Cancer Hospital (EG)
- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste (IT)
- Eskişehir Osmangazi University (TR)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
- Istanbul University (TR)
- Palacký University Olomouc (CZ)
- Comenius University Bratislava (SK)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofag099
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00