respiratory syncytial virus

English

Electron micrograph of respiratory syncytial virus

Noun

respiratory syncytial virus (plural respiratory syncytial viruses)

(virology) Any virus in genus Pneumovirus causing respiratory tract infections.
Synonym: (initialism) RSV
- 2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times‎:
  The vaccine would be the first to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., which is the reason many infants are admitted to children’s hospitals each year and kills several hundred under 5 each year.

Hyponyms

Bovine respiratory syncytial virus, Human respiratory syncytial virus, Ovine respiratory syncytial virus, Caprine respiratory syncytial virus, Murine respiratory syncytial virus – genera

Translations

virus

Chinese:
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French: virus respiratoire syncytial (fr) m
German: Respiratorisches Synzytial-Virus n
Hungarian: respiratorikus szinciciális vírus, légúti óriássejtes vírus
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Portuguese: vírus sincicial respiratório m
Romanian: virus sincițial respirator n, virus respirator sincițial n
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Further reading

respiratory syncytial virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pneumovirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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