{"id":5,"date":"2008-08-11T19:36:26","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T23:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/background\/"},"modified":"2021-12-22T17:01:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T22:01:32","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/background\/","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/pneumonia\/files\/2021\/01\/UniversityLectureSeriesPstr_2020_11x17_FINAL-663x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-724 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/files\/2021\/01\/UniversityLectureSeriesPstr_2020_11x17_FINAL-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/files\/2021\/01\/UniversityLectureSeriesPstr_2020_11x17_FINAL-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/files\/2021\/01\/UniversityLectureSeriesPstr_2020_11x17_FINAL-768x1187.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/files\/2021\/01\/UniversityLectureSeriesPstr_2020_11x17_FINAL-994x1536.png 994w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/files\/2021\/01\/UniversityLectureSeriesPstr_2020_11x17_FINAL-1325x2048.png 1325w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/>Pneumonia is usually caused by a lung infection. COVID-19 is one type of pneumonia, caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Other viruses, like the flu or respiratory syncytial virus, cause similar types of viral pneumonia. Bacteria are also important causes of pneumonia, with pneumococcus (<em>Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/em>), being most common. \u00a0The outcome of pneumonia is determined by the interactions of microbes and microbial products with the body. Additional pages within this &#8220;Background&#8221; section provide general information about pneumonia, designed to be of interest regardless of scientific or medical training.<\/p>\n<p>The poster here is from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/awards-publications\/award-opportunities\/lecture\/2020-university-lecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University Lecture<\/a> given by Dr. Mizgerd, intended for general audiences and presenting an overview of his pneumonia research at BU.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pneumonia is usually caused by a lung infection. COVID-19 is one type of pneumonia, caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Other viruses, like the flu or respiratory syncytial virus, cause similar types of viral pneumonia. Bacteria are also important causes of pneumonia, with pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae), being most common. \u00a0The outcome of pneumonia is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":872,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/pneumonia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}