[infection with respiratory syncytial virus, an RNA virus of the genus Pneumovirus, in the family Paramyxoviridae, with a tendency to form syncytia in tissue culture, that causes minor respiratory infection with rhinitis and cough in adults, but is capable of causing severe bronchitis and bronchopneumonia in young children; first isolated from chimpanzees with respiratory disease. SYN chimpanzee coryza agent, Rs virus. It is a disease associated with HIV infection. ( NCI )]
UMLS (NCI) C0035235 Relation/PAR: Pneumovirus Infections