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Clinical usefulness of rapid antigen test to detect respiratory syncytial virus infection
Hyung Su Kim, Hee La Kim, Ki Hyung Park, Kyung Soon Cho
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2008;51(10):1071-1076.   Published online October 15, 2008
Purpose : Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most frequent cause of lower respiratory infections in infants and young children. Early detection allows quarantining of infected inpatients to prevent nosocomial transmission and to choose a treatment. To achieve rapid reporting, to facilitate prompt antiviral therapy, and to avoid unnecessary use of antibiotics, an easy, rapid diagnostic method for RSV is...