Influenza virus can be latent in the body several weeks to several months ....

Influenza virus can be latent in the body several weeks to several months
According to the U.S. doctors said Friday, a hospital likely to be infected with a common cold virus, baby, or can be hidden in their lungs a few weeks or even months. This may help explain why the virus in the most stringent hygiene precautions still be able to spread rapidly.

They found that laboratory mice infected with the main symptoms disappeared after a long time, respiratory syncytial virus (respiratory syncytial virus, RSV) will remain in their lungs.

Doctors previously thought RSV in the body can only survive a few days ago. But this was published in "The United States and the danger of respiratory disease to deal with journals" (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine) in the research suggests that the virus will be hidden in the lungs.

To participate in the study, Imperial College, London and St. Mary's Hospital Openshaw (Peter Openshaw), said: "These studies show that RSV is a kind of hide and seek will『 』viruses, like the AIDS virus (HIV),? Measles or hepatitis virus. "symptoms seem to have disappeared, but the virus will be hiding, waiting for the opportunity to once again show up and begin transmission of other people, \ he said in a statement.

Almost all babies will be infected before the age of two RSV virus. The virus is infant bronchiolitis and pneumonia, the most common causes. With other influenza viruses, it will also cause fever, cough, runny nose and respiratory symptoms such as difficulty.