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Detection of respiratory syncytial virus in children in the 1993‐94 winter season in Izmir, Turkey, by two diagnostic methods
Author(s) -
DERELI DENIZ,
ERTEM EKIN,
SERTER DEMIR,
ŞADIMENT MUSTAFA,
ÇOKER MAHMUT,
TANAÇ REMZIYE
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1994.tb05248.x
Subject(s) - bronchiolitis , respiratory system , medicine , direct fluorescent antibody , virus , respiratory tract , pneumovirus , respiratory tract infections , pediatrics , virology , paramyxoviridae , antibody , immunology , viral disease
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection was searched for in 65 children between 2 months and 2 years of age hospitalized with the presumptive diagnosis of acute bronchiolitis, and in 35 children aged 6 months to 8 years with upper respiratory tract symptoms, by direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) test and cell culture. RSV infection was detected in 29.2% of the first and in 11.4% of the second group. The overall positivity rate was 23%. The sensitivity and the specificity of the commercially available DFA test in comparison with cell culture were 81.8% and 92.5%, respectively.