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What is Respiratory syncytial virus?

What is Respiratory syncytial virus?

  • Respiratory syncytial virus: Viral respiratory infection serious in young infants.
  • Respiratory syncytial virus: species in the Pneumovirus genus; an important cause of respiratory tract infection in infants.
    Source - Diseases Database
  • Respiratory syncytial virus: a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children).
    Source - WordNet 2.1

Respiratory syncytial virus: Introduction

Types of Respiratory syncytial virus:

Broader types of Respiratory syncytial virus:

How many people get Respiratory syncytial virus?

Prevalance of Respiratory syncytial virus: most children will have serologic evidence of RSV infection by 2 years of age. (Source: excerpt from Respiratory Syncytial Virus: DVRD)

How serious is Respiratory syncytial virus?

Complications of Respiratory syncytial virus: see complications of Respiratory syncytial virus

What causes Respiratory syncytial virus?

Causes of Respiratory syncytial virus: see causes of Respiratory syncytial virus
Risk factors for Respiratory syncytial virus: see risk factors for Respiratory syncytial virus

What are the symptoms of Respiratory syncytial virus?

Symptoms of Respiratory syncytial virus: see symptoms of Respiratory syncytial virus

Complications of Respiratory syncytial virus: see complications of Respiratory syncytial virus

Duration of Respiratory syncytial virus: Most children recover from illness in 8 to 15 days. (Source: excerpt from Respiratory Syncytial Virus: DVRD)

Seasonality of Respiratory syncytial virus: In temperate climates, RSV infections usually occur during annual community outbreaks, often lasting 4 to 6 months, during the late fall, winter, or early spring months. The timing and severity of outbreaks in a community vary from year to year. (Source: excerpt from Respiratory Syncytial Virus: DVRD)

Can anyone else get Respiratory syncytial virus?

More information: see contagiousness of Respiratory syncytial virus
Inheritance: see inheritance of Respiratory syncytial virus

Respiratory syncytial virus: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Respiratory syncytial virus.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Respiratory syncytial virus.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Respiratory syncytial virus: see treatments for Respiratory syncytial virus
Prevention of Respiratory syncytial virus: see prevention of Respiratory syncytial virus
Research for Respiratory syncytial virus: see research for Respiratory syncytial virus

Organs Affected by Respiratory syncytial virus:

Organs and body systems related to Respiratory syncytial virus include:

Name and Aliases of Respiratory syncytial virus

Main name of condition: Respiratory syncytial virus

Class of Condition for Respiratory syncytial virus: viral

Other names or spellings for Respiratory syncytial virus:

RSV

RSV Source - Diseases Database

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