respiratory syncytial virus
English edit
Noun edit
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[1]:
- 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 edit
- Bovine respiratory syncytial virus, Human respiratory syncytial virus, Ovine respiratory syncytial virus, Caprine respiratory syncytial virus, Murine respiratory syncytial virus – genera
Translations edit
virus
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Further reading edit
- respiratory syncytial virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pneumovirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies