background and aims: respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) infection is common in infants and young children. in infants younger than one year old it may cause bronchiolitis and pneumonia which requires hospitalization. accurate and rapid diagnosis of the disease will help proper treatment of the disease and prevents further complications. methods: specimen taken from respiratory tract of sick chil...

Immunofluorescence techniques allow the determination of protein and small molecule distribution within tissues and individual cells. There have been important, innovative modifications of these techniques since their introduction to the biosciences including the use of a mounting medium that prevents photo-bleaching, non-ionic detergents to permeabilize membranes, multiple immunofluorescence l...