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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV),also called human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and human orthopneumovirus, is a common, contagious virus that causes infections of the respiratory tract. It is a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus.Its name is derived from the large cells known as syncytia that form when infected cells fuse.