Category:Respiratory Viral Infections
Respiratory Viral Infections
Some viruses are thought to induce modifications of the pulmonary defences by:
- Damaging the upper respiratory tract, thereby facilitating bacterial attachment and colonisation, with reduced mucociliary clearance
- Decreasing surfactant levels by destroying Type 2 pneumonocytes
- Impairing the phagocytic ability of alveolar macrophages
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Pages in category "Respiratory Viral Infections"
The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.