Parainfluenza

Parainfluenza: A disease due to an acute respiratory infection caused by a parainfluenza virus. Parinfluenza occurs usually in children. The clinical picture can range from a relatively mild influenza-like one to bronchitis, croup, and pneumonia.
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Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIV) are a group of viruses that cause different types of respiratory infections and are most common in children and babies.
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Parainfluenza viruses are the typical root cause of the infection, but influenza (flu) and cold viruses may sometimes be responsible. All of these viruses are highly contagious and easily transmitted between individuals via sneezing and coughing.
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The parainfluenza virus is a family of viruses that accounts for 75% of cases of croup. Croup generally affects young children between 3 months and 5 years of age. Boys are affected more often than girls.
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Viruses cause the majority of pneumonias in young children (especially respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza and influenza viruses, and adenovirus).
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More than 95 per cent of cases of croup are because of a virus infection, usually a type known as parainfluenza, although other viruses, such as RSV or influenza, may also cause it. In a small number of cases a bacterial infection is to blame.
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Researchers are developing several potential vaccines against parainfluenza virus. In the future, one of these vaccines may be used to immunize children against croup.
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Croup is usually (75 percent of the time) caused by parainfluenza viruses, but RSV, measles, adenovirus, andinfluenzacan all cause croup.
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Bronchiolitis, Viral - An acute inflammatory disease of the upper respiratory tract, caused by paramyxoviruses, occurring primarily in infants and young children; the viruses most commonly implicated are parainfluenza type 3 and respiratory syncytial ...
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Although different types of pneumonia tend to affect children in different age groups, pneumonia is most commonly caused by viruses. Some viruses that cause pneumonia: influenza virus (flu), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), parainfluenza virus, ...
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