Acute respiratory infections (ARI)

What is acute respiratory infections (ARI)?

ARI – acute respiratory infections (acute catarrh of the respiratory tract). A very common disease with a primary lesion of the respiratory tract. Due to different etiological agents (viruses, mycoplasma, bacteria). Immunity after the disease is strictly type-specific, such as influenza virus, parainfluenza, herpes simplex, rhinovirus. Therefore, the same person can suffer from acute respiratory disease up to 5-7 times a year. The source of infection is a person with clinically significant or deleted forms of acute respiratory illness. Equally important is a healthy virus carrier. Transmission occurs predominantly via droplets. Diseases found in the form of individual cases and epidemic outbreaks.

Acute respiratory infections (ARI)

Acute respiratory infections (ARI)

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