ArticleThe open microbiology journal2011
Diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus infection.
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- Rapid, sensitive, and highly specific diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus using recombinase polymerase amplification-based biosensor and fluorescence detection.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- Incidence of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Until 6 months of Corrected Age in Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Pilot Prospective Cohort Study.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Diagnostic Approach to Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Hosts.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Older Adults: An Update.Drugs & aging · 2024Review
- Epidemiology and Disease Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Adults.Infection & chemotherapy · 2024Review
- Expert consensus on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections in children.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2024Review
- RSV testing practice and positivity by patient demographics in the United States: integrated analyses of MarketScan and NREVSS databases.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus among children and adults in India 2016 to 2018.Virus genes · 2021Article
- Recommendations for respiratory syncytial virus surveillance at the national level.The European respiratory journal · 2021Article
- Indole-3-carboxaldehyde regulates RSV-induced inflammatory response in RAW264.7 cells by moderate inhibition of the TLR7 signaling pathway.Journal of natural medicines · 2021Article
- Quantifying the causal impact of funding bedside antigen testing on the incidence of respiratory syncytial virus infection in Japan: a difference-in-differences study.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Article
- The clinical impact of PCR-based point-of-care diagnostic in respiratory tract infections in children.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2020Observational
- Accuracy of diagnostic tests for respiratory syncytial virus infection within a paediatric hospital population in Kilifi County, Kenya.Wellcome open research · 2020Article
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Abstract
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most important pathogen causing severe lower respiratory tract infections in all age groups often requiring hospitalization. Rapid laboratory diagnosis of RSV infection significantly decreases the use of antibiotics, additional laboratory testing and is associated with shorter hospitalization periods. The specific diagnosis of RSV infection is based on the detection of virus or viral antigens or virus specific nucleic acid sequences in respiratory secretions. The kind and quality of the clinical specimen exerts a considerable influence on the results of all currently used viral detection assays. Antigen based tests are widely available, easy to perform and the results are available in a short time but their reduced sensitivity and specificity represent a considerable shortcoming. Among the methods available isolation in cell culture was considered the gold standard for the sensitive identification of RSV but is gradually replaced by highly sensitive and specific nucleic acid amplification assays that provide more rapid results. Of these reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was the first and is still the most frequently used nucleic acid-based assay. New methodologies, as for example the real-time PCR methods allow the quantification of viral nucleic acids in the clinical sample. Disadvantages of the nucleic acid based assays are their high costs and their limited standardization.Future research on new methodologies for the diagnosis of viral respiratory tract infections should focus on the development of sensitive, rapid and cost effective test systems allowing the screening for all probable causative agents. In addition varying testing protocols for summer and winter months based on epidemiologic data are needed to direct their practical use.
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