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The genus ''Pneumovirus'' consists of pathogens that work to target the upper respiratory tract within their specific host species. Every pneumovirus is characterized as host specific, and has a range of diseases involved with respiratory illness. Pneumoviruses can range from a less-severe upper-respiratory illness to severe bronchiolitis or pneumonia. Pneumoviruses are found among sheep, cows, and most importantly humans. In humans, the pneumovirus that specifically impacts infants and small children known as the ''Human respiratory syncytial virus''. Pneumoviruses have been traced by researchers from the Center for Disease Control and the University Medica Centre in Utrecht, Netherlands on how pneumoviruses attack infants and small children.〔http://www.cdc.gov/rsv/about.infection.html〕〔A.C. van de Pol, Wilhelmina Children's Hpspital, Dept. of Paediatrics, University Medica Centre Utrecht, Netherlands〕 ==Characteristics== The ''Pneumovirus'' genus is part of the ''Paramyxoviridae'' family of viruses which contain 3 segments of -ssRNA. Pneumoviruses are found specifically in the species of Homo sapiens, Ovis aries Capra aegagrus hircus, Bos primigenius, and Rodentia. The most common pneumoviruses are as follows: •''Homo sapiens'' = ''Human respiratory syncytial virus'' •''Bos primigenius'' = ''Bovine respiratory syncytial virus'' •''Ovis aries'' = ''Ovine respiratory syncytial virus'' •''Capra aegagrus hircus'' = ''Caprine respiratory syncytial virus'' •''Rodentia'' = ''Pneumonia virus of mice'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pneumovirus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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