There’s no need to kiss. The person with RSV simply needs to put their hand over their mouth and then greet the other person. If you rub your face, scratch your nose or bite your nails without washing your hands first, the syncytial virus will have the opportunity to enter — through your eyes, nose or mouth. And he takes advantage of these loopholes more than others.
We know that a person with the flu transmits the flu to another person. The transmission rate of this virus is 1 to 1 — or, if you want precision, 1 to 1.5. “But, when it comes to the syncytial virus, an infected person transmits it to three others”, says doctor Lessandra. In other words, if it is to compete, we can say that RSV has twice the capacity to spread compared to influenza.
“Another difference is that it is completely focused on the respiratory tract”, says the infectious disease specialist. “Covid-19’s Sars-CoV-2, for example, despite strongly attacking the lungs, is capable of infecting various organs of the body. Just like the flu virus, which, in addition to harming the respiratory system, can cause meningitis , myocarditis, kidney failure and more.”
But the union virus, no. It first lodges itself in the nose, creates an inflammatory process in the nasal cavities and, subsequently, only wants to know how to migrate through the respiratory tree formed by bronchi, like branches, and bronchioles, even thinner branches, risking reaching the lung tissue itself. said.
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