BIOL202 Week 3 Discussion Your Favorite Virus APU

W3:YourFavoriteVirus RSV The virus that I chose is RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). The infectious virusknownasrespiratorysyncytialvirus(RSV)affectstherespiratorysystemandthelungs. RSV is a negative single-stranded RNA virus. Infants, older individuals,those with weakened immune systems, and those who have lung disease maybe more severely affected by this virus. After being exposed to RSV, symptomsdon't often appear for two to eight days. Typically, symptoms persist for three toseven days. Most persons who suffer from mild cases normally recover in one totwoweeks.Cough,congestion,sneezing,low-gradefever,sorethroat,andothersymptoms are some that people might want to watch out for. RSV is the mostfrequent cause of bronchiolitis, an inflammation of the tiny airways of the lung,and pneumonia, an infection of the lungs, in children under the age of one in theUnitedStates. Reference