Common Respiratory Syncytial Virus May Hide In The Lungs, Lead To Asthma, Researchers Report
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 07:29
in Health & Medicine
Conventional wisdom has been that respiratory syncytial virus -- a common virus that causes infection in the lungs -- comes and goes in children without any long lasting impact. A study conducted in mice, however, suggests that RSV may hide in the lungs even after other symptoms abate, ultimately resurfacing to cause recurrent wheezing and chronic airway disease.