Conference report Current research on respiratory viral infections: Fifth International Symposium ଝ Abstract The Fifth International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections was convened by The Macrae Group (New York, NY) in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic on 5-8 December 2002 . This symposium provides an annual forum for virologists, vaccinologists, clinicians, pharmacologists, and public health specialists to discuss recent advances in respiratory virus research in an interdisciplinary fashion and summaries of four pr