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respiratory tract infection

Portuguese translation: infecção do trato respiratório

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00:55 May 7, 2020
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COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Medical (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: respiratory tract infection
Definition from National Center for Biotechnology Info:
Respiratory tract infection (RTI) is defined as any infectious disease of the upper or lower respiratory tract. Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) include the common cold, laryngitis, pharyngitis/tonsillitis, acute rhinitis, acute rhinosinusitis and acute otitis media. Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) include acute bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia and tracheitis.

Example sentence(s):
  • Although viruses, mycoplasma, rickettsiae and fungi can all cause lower respiratory tract infections, bacteria are the dominant pathogens; accounting for a much higher percentage of lower than of upper respiratory tract infections. National Center for Biotechnology Info
  • COVID-19 is a disease that can cause what doctors call a respiratory tract infection. It can affect your upper respiratory tract (sinuses, nose, and throat) or lower respiratory tract (windpipe and lungs). WebMD
  • Respiratory tract infections are the most common cause of hospital admissions and death in NMD patients with respiratory muscle involvement. Science Direct
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Portuguese translation:infecção do trato respiratório
Definition:
A infecção respiratória, ou de vias áreas, é uma infecção que surge em qualquer região do trato respiratório, atingindo desde as vias aéreas superiores ou altas, como narinas, garganta ou ossos da face, até as vias aéreas inferiores ou baixas, como brônquios e pulmões.
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Felipe Tomasi
Brazil
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infecção do trato respiratório


Definition from Tua Saúde:
A infecção respiratória, ou de vias áreas, é uma infecção que surge em qualquer região do trato respiratório, atingindo desde as vias aéreas superiores ou altas, como narinas, garganta ou ossos da face, até as vias aéreas inferiores ou baixas, como brônquios e pulmões.

Example sentence(s):
  • Os sinais e sintomas do coronavírus são principalmente respiratórios, semelhantes a um resfriado. Podem, também, causar infecção do trato respiratório inferior, como as pneumonias. - Secretaria da Saúde do Estado do PR  
  • Em 2009, a Anvisa criou um Grupo de Trabalho - GT, formado por vários especialistas que atuam na área de controle de infecção e na assistência direta aos pacientes para a elaboração dos Critérios Nacionais de Infecção do Trato Respiratório. - Anvisa  
  • As causas do aumento da prevalência global da asma não são bem compreendidas. A predisposição genética, a exposição a alérgenos ambientais, a poluição do ar no interior e exterior das casas, a infecção do trato respiratório inferior no início da vida, a composição do microbioma das vias respiratórias, os fatores dietéticos e as respostas imunológicas anormais podem promover o aumento da prevalência global da asma. - WHO  
Felipe Tomasi
Brazil
Local time: 10:56
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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