Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

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 bas...

Rapid Diagnosis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

Seventy-eight unselected children under the age of 2 years suffering from acute respiratory infections were investigated by the fluorescent antibody technique and a comparison was made with conventional isolation and serological methods. Sixty-nine per cent. of children with bronchiolitis were diagnosed as suffering from respiratory syncytial virus infection on the day of admission by examinati...

Bovine respiratory syncytial virus infection.

Bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) belongs to the pneumovirus genus within the family Paramyxoviridae and is a major cause of respiratory disease in young calves. BRSV is enveloped and contains a negative sense, single-stranded RNA genome encoding 11 proteins. The virus replicates predominantly in ciliated respiratory epithelial cells but also in type II pneumocytes. It appears to cause ...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection

The prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infection

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most significant cause of acute respiratory tract infections in infants and young children worldwide. RSV accounts for approximately 70% of hospitalizations for bronchiolitis and 40% of pneumonia among infants <1 year of life. RSV infection seems to be associated with recurrent wheezing during the first decade of life and impaired respiratory health-rela...