id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-255217-l2ak5ygj Eccles, Ronald Why is temperature sensitivity important for the success of common respiratory viruses? 2020-08-10 .txt text/plain 3861 200 40 34 It has been known for some time that human influenza viruses vary in their temperature sensitivity with those adapted to the cooler human airway causing mild disease and those adapted to higher temperatures causing more serious lower respiratory tract infections. 44, 45 The common cold syndrome is a mild disease because the respiratory viruses have a permissive temperature sensitivity close to that found in the human upper airways 30 C-34 C and a restrictive temperature sensitivity that conThe acquisition of temperature sensitivity is key to the success of a respiratory virus and this is well illustrated with emerging avian influenza H5N1. The temperature sensitivity of respiratory viruses should be considered as an important factor in determining their success as parasites of the human airway. Journal of clinical virology: the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology ./cache/cord-255217-l2ak5ygj.txt ./txt/cord-255217-l2ak5ygj.txt