Respiratory Virus

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a very common virus that causes mild cold-like symptoms in adults and older healthy children. It can cause serious respiratory problems in young babies, especially those born prematurely, who have heart or lung disease, or who are immunocompromised. # RSV was first founded in an outbreak of copious rhinorrhea in a colony of chimpanzees; the “chimpanzee coryza agent” was soon isolated from human infants with similar illnesses.# Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV) …

…is a twenty- percent chance of it being fatal. That leaves a whole eighty- percent of survival rates.# Illustration of respiratory syncytial virus shows fusion (F) protein and attachment (G) protein. So in conclusion I have learned that Respiratory Synctial Virus is an infection of which affects mostly young children and is one of the main reasons of children hospitalizations. Also that the infection is contagious and can be given to anyone of any age.