WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY One viral protein could provide information to deter pneumonia causing the body’s exaggerated inflammatory response to respiratory viruses, including the virus that causes COVID-19. That viral protein is NS2 of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), and a study has found that if the virus lacks this protein, the human body’s immune response can...
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COVID-19 patients often infected with other respiratory viruses, preliminary study reports
by Krista Conger, Stanford University Medical Center About one in five people with COVID-19 are also infected with other respiratory viruses, according to a preliminary analysis led by Ian Brown, MD, a clinical associate professor of emergency medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine. In addition, the analysis found that about one in 10 people...