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Descriptor English: Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human
Descriptor Spanish: Virus Sincitial Respiratorio Humano
Descriptor virus respiratorio sincitial humano
Entry term(s) VRS humano
VRSH (virus respiratorio sincitial humano)
VSR humano
VSRH (virus sincitial respiratorio humano)
virus sincitial respiratorio humano
Scope note: Es la especie tipo de PNEUMOVIRUS y una causa importante de enfermedades de las vías respiratorias bajas en lactantes y niños. Se presenta con frecuencia con bronquitis y bronconeumonía y se caracteriza además por fiebre, tos, disnea, estertores húmedos y palidez.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vírus Sincicial Respiratório Humano
Descriptor French: Virus respiratoire syncytial humain
Entry term(s): HRSV Human respiratory syncytial virus
Human respiratory syncytial virus
human RSV
Tree number(s): B04.820.480.937.600.670.600.750.730
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018113
Scope note: The type species of PNEUMOVIRUS and an important cause of lower respiratory disease in infants and young children. It frequently presents with bronchitis and bronchopneumonia and is further characterized by fever, cough, dyspnea, wheezing, and pallor.
Annotation: infection: coord IM with RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Previous Indexing: Respiratory Syncytial Viruses (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31081
Unique ID: D018113
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/04
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human - Preferred
Concept UI M0027315
Scope note The type species of PNEUMOVIRUS and an important cause of lower respiratory disease in infants and young children. It frequently presents with bronchitis and bronchopneumonia and is further characterized by fever, cough, dyspnea, wheezing, and pallor.
Preferred term Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human
Entry term(s) HRSV Human respiratory syncytial virus
Human respiratory syncytial virus
human RSV



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