title: Respiratory virus infections.
abstract: The respiratory tract is a frequent site of infection with a wide range of viruses. Each family of viruses can cause differing clinical syndromes depending on the age of the patient and the immune response. As a corollary, different clinical syndromes can be caused by different families of viruses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, LMB 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia. alisonk2@chw.edu.au
authors.forename: Alison M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kesson
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*