What is Respiratory syncytial virus?
'''Human respiratory syncytial virus''' (RSV) is a [[virus]] that causes lung [[infection]]s, (usually called [[respiratory tract]] infections).<ref name=Glezen86>{{cite journal |pmid=3706232 |year=1986 |last1=Glezen |first1=WP |last2=Taber |first2=LH |last3=Frank |first3=AL |last4=Kasel |first4=JA |title=Risk of primary infection and reinfection with respiratory syncytial virus. |volume=140 |issue=6 |pages=543–6 |journal=American Journal of Diseases of Children (1960)|doi=10.1001/archpedi.1986.02140200053026 }}</ref> It is the major cause of lung infections and hospital visits in babies and children. There is a medicine that can help prevent the virus in babies that have not been born yet if the doctor is worried the baby may get the virus. == References == <references/> [[Category:Viruses]] [[Category:Breathing problems]]