Adults and older children undergoing reinfection probably constitute an important source of infection for susceptible infants. For this reason it would be desirable to develop immunoprophylactic ...

Several types of viruses could be the culprit: respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, parainfluenza viruses, metapneumovirus, rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, enteroviruses, and adenoviruses ...

Symptoms vary depending on the virus. A respiratory tract infection caused by human parainfluenza viruses. The most common symptoms include fever, runny nose, cough and pneumonia. Diagnosis ...

Despite important successes, there are no treatments for many common viruses, and antiviral drug resistance is a problem as well. Hospitalized parainfluenza and influenza infections in particular ...