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Note: Symptoms vary and differ with age. Infants under age 1 are most severely affected and often have the most trouble breathing. Older children usually have only mild, cold-like symptoms. Symptoms usually appear 4-6 days after coming in contact with the virus.
Rapid tests for this virus can be done at many hospitals and clinics on a fluid sample taken from the nose.
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