RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus: belongs to the family Paramyxoviridae, with a linear-ssRNA gene and an envelope spike, causing cytopathic changes.
RSV respiratory syncytial virus
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RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus: belongs to the family Paramyxoviridae, with a linear-ssRNA gene and an envelope spike, causing cytopathic changes.
- Name
- RSV respiratory syncytial virus
- Belongs to
- Paramyxoviridae
- Gene
- Linear-ssRNA
- influences
- Cause cytopathy
Features are: 1. forming syncytia (most cell fusion); 2. having eosinophilic inclusions, which are the main pathogens of respiratory infections such as bronchitis and pneumonia in infants under 6 months, which can cause upper respiratory infections in adults.
