respiratory syncytial virus infectious disease
Infection with the respiratory syncytial virus, an RNA virus of the genus Pneumovirus, in the family Paramyxoviridae, which is characterized by the formation of syncytia in tissue culture. It causes minor respiratory infection with rhinitis and cough in adults, but is capable of causing severe bronchitis and bronchopneumonia in young children.
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Mononegavirales infectious disease
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viral respiratory tract infection
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Human respiratory syncytial virus infection
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infections, Human respiratory syncytial virus
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respiratory syncytial virus infection
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