Respiratory Syncytial Virus

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a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children)

MWE

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Respiratory Syncytial Viruses
possessive: Respiratory Syncytial Virus's
pluralpossessive: Respiratory Syncytial Viruses'

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