Mayo Clinic Minute: Is pneumonia bacterial or viral?
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What is Viral Pneumonia?
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Pneumonia, Animation
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Exclusive: Inside a hospital that treats viral pneumonia
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Viral Pneumonia ¦ Treatment and Symptoms
Viral pneumonia is a pneumonia caused by a virus.
Viruses are one of the two major causes of pneumonia, the other being bacteria; less common causes are fungi and parasites. Viruses are the most common cause of pneumonia in children, while in adults bacteria are a more common cause.