Visualize Submit Comment
Metadata
ID DOID:1273
Name respiratory syncytial virus infectious disease
Definition A viral infectious disease that results_in infection located_in upper respiratory tract or located_in lower respiratory tract, has_material_basis_in Human respiratory syncytial virus (Orthopneumovirus hominis), which is transmitted_by droplet spread of nasal secretions from an infected person while coughing or sneezing, or transmitted_by contaminated fomites. The infection has_symptom runny nose, has_symptom fever, has_symptom cough, has_symptom wheezing, and has_symptom respiratory distress.
https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/pediatrics/respiratory-disorders-in-young-children/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-and-human-metapneumovirus-infections, https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/rsv, https://medlineplus.gov/respiratorysyncytialvirusinfections.html
Xrefs

MESH:D018357

NCI:C3354

SNOMEDCT_US_2025_05_01:55735004

UMLS_CUI:C0035235

SKOS

exactMatch NCI:C3354

exactMatch MESH:D018357

exactMatch UMLS_CUI:C0035235

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

NCIthesaurus

Synonyms

respiratory syncytial virus [EXACT]

RSV [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a viral infectious disease

Subclass Logical Relationships

has material basis in some Orthopneumovirus hominis

has symptom some rhinorrhea

has symptom some cough

transmitted by some (droplet spread transmission or vehicle-borne fomite transmission)

has symptom some fever

has symptom some wheezing

Add an item to the term tracker