The role of viral infection in the development of community-acquired pneumonia

Abstract

This article discusses viral pneumonia of various etiologies (influenza, adenovirus, parainfluenza, bocavirus, coronavirus, polyomavirus, metapneumovirus, RSV), which has a decisive impact on the severity, course features and complications. The issues of epidemiology in the Russian Federation and in the world, pathogenesis, clinical picture, laboratory and instrumental diagnostics of this group of pathology are touched upon.