Researchers Find Common Respiratory Virus Hijacks Lung Cells To Stay Alive

Approximately one-half of all infants are infected with the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) during the first year of life, and almost all children have been infected at least once by the time they reach their second birthday. Researchers at West Virginia University have discovered what makes RSV such a severe and persistent illness. Senior author Giovanni Piedimonte, M.D.