Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is an RNA virus belonging to the Paramyxoviridae family and is one of the main pathogens causing lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children. The RSV viral particles consist of a nucleocapsid enveloped in a double lipid layer derived from the host membrane, containing fusion proteins (F) among others. The RSV genome is composed of single-stranded negative-sense RNA with 10 open reading frames (ORFs), encoding 11 structural and non-structural proteins.