Acute Respiratory Infection Resource Pack for Care Homes (Interim)

The most commonly identified causes of acute respiratory infection (ARI) in care homes are influenza (flu) viruses, as well as non-influenza viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinovirus, adenovirus, parainfluenza and human metapneumovirus (hMPV), and more recently SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19.