Rapid detection of respiratory syncytial virus in community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections in children by chromatographic assay

• Main Authors: Surinder Kumar (Author), Bhanu Mehra (Author), Gulshan Rai Sethi (Author), Sanjeev R Saigal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the single most important viral agent causing pediatric lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) worldwide. To evaluate the role of RSV in pediatric LRTIs, we studied 85 children <2 years of age hospitalized for community-acquired LRTIs. Nasopharyngeal aspir...