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MeSH Heading: Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human
Tree Number(s): B04.820.480.937.600.670.600.750.730
Unique ID: D018113
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018113
Annotation: infection: coord IM with RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS (IM)
Scope Note: The type species of PNEUMOVIRUS and an important cause of lower respiratory disease in infants and young children. It frequently presents with bronchitis and bronchopneumonia and is further characterized by fever, cough, dyspnea, wheezing, and pallor.
Entry Term(s): HRSV Human respiratory syncytial virus; Human respiratory syncytial virus; human RSV
Registry Numbers: txid11250
Previous Indexing: Respiratory Syncytial Viruses (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/04
Revision Date: 2023/02/26

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Concept UI: M0027315
Registry Numbers: txid11250
Scope Note: The type species of PNEUMOVIRUS and an important cause of lower respiratory disease in infants and young children. It frequently presents with bronchitis and bronchopneumonia and is further characterized by fever, cough, dyspnea, wheezing, and pallor.
Terms: Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human Preferred Term
Term UI T054199
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Human respiratory syncytial virus
Term UI T442866
Date04/13/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); HRSV Human respiratory syncytial virus
Term UI T001126677
Date11/04/2022
LexicalTag ACX
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); human RSV
Term UI T001126678
Date11/04/2022
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2024)

Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human MeSH Descriptor Data 2025