There are many other kinds of respiratory viruses such adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV), influenza, and other coronaviruses because your respiratory tract can seem like a wet, warm Walmart for these viruses. Some of these viruses tend to stay in your upper respiratory tract while others may make it down to your lower respiratory tract. Of note, just because two different types of viruses are both considered respiratory viruses, doesn’t mean that they are the same in other ways. But let’s get down with what can go down when the infection proceeds down your respiratory tract into your respiratory tree and lungs. This new coronavirus may have some similarities to the flu virus in that it is a respiratory virus and can kill you.

Source: Forbes March 22, 2020 01:52 UTC