Mondo Description Infection with the respiratory syncytial virus, an RNA virus of the genus Pneumovirus, in the family Paramyxoviridae, which is characterized by the formation of syncytia in tissue culture. It causes minor respiratory infection with rhinitis and cough in adults, but is capable of causing severe bronchitis and bronchopneumonia in young children.

Disease Ontology Description 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, 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.