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  • abbreviation medicine upper respiratory tract infection.

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Examples

  • Pathogens Common respiratory viruses "URTI"  Rhinovirus, influenza, parainfluenza, adenovirus,  respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Enterovirus, hu coronaviruses, hu  metapneumovirus

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Treatment for her recent URTI (Upper Resp Tract Infection) was lotsa fluids - so she consumed 2 bottles in 3 days.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Knuckling down to it. 2010

  • I have headaches, yet she diagnoses me with URTI???

    sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2004

  • I have had URTI before, and usually, it involves a major sore throat and not headaches.

    sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2004

  • Eating fruits and vegetables are known to boost immunity, but it has not been known that eating fruit and vegetables may reduce the risk of URTI in pregnant women.

    foodconsumer.org 2009

  • While quercetin (as compared to placebo) did not alter exercise-induced changes in several measures of immune activity, it "significantly reduced URTI (upper respiratory tract infection) in cyclists during the 2-wk period after intensified exercise."

    To The Point News Syndicated 2009

  • While quercetin (as compared to placebo) did not alter exercise-induced changes in several measures of immune activity, it "significantly reduced URTI (upper respiratory tract infection) in cyclists during the 2-wk period after intensified exercise."

    To The Point News Syndicated 2009

  • But eating fruit or vegetables alone was not associated with reducing the five-month risk of URTI.

    foodconsumer.org 2009

  • Indeed, 24\% of ultramarathoners completing a 160 km running event experienced a significant episode of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI) in the following week (1).

    PezCyclingNews.com 2008

  • It developed into a URTI (Upper Respiratory Tracht Infection) so I was put on medication for that.

    Metal Underground .com 2008

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