<prompt> Which pathogens adhere to respiratory epithelium -RSVInfluenzaParainfluenzaHBV  <response>: RSV was obtained from children with lower respiratory tract infection.Because ut caused cell fusion and the firmation of multinucleated syncitia in cell cultures it was named RSV . REF:ANANTHANARAYAN AND PANIKERS TEXTBOOK OF MICROBIOLOGY 9TH EDITION PAGE NO:510 