Among adults aged 75 and older, RSV was linked to a substantial burden of hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and in-hospital deaths before vaccines were available.

Rapid antigen-based testing has been widely adopted in diagnostic laboratories for ease and speed of use: results are available within minutes. The presence of RSV in the clinical specimen ...

This review seeks to familiarize the readers with RSV rapid antigen-detection tests, describe their performance characteristics and comment on their strengths and weaknesses. The authors will ...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a highly contagious respiratory illness that primarily affects infants and older adults, ...

CASES of a virus that led to pandemic-fears in China have risen in England, according to official figures. The UK has seen an assortment of winter illnesses surge this winter, including flu, ...

A unique reaction in which antibodies bind to other antibodies may help scientists at Scripps Research better understand how ...

Given the overlap in symptoms, laboratory testing is required to distinguish between RSV and HMPV, the gold standard for detecting both viruses. While quick antigen tests are available for RSV ...

HMPV and RSV are primarily diagnosed through PCR tests, which detect the genetic material of the virus. Other diagnostic methods include antigen detection and viral culture, but PCR remains the ...

as it shares similarities with other respiratory infections like RSV and influenza. The gold standard for diagnosis is Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR), though antigen ...

HMPV spreads in ways similar to other respiratory viruses such as RSV and influenza ... diagnostic tool for detecting HMPV RNA, while antigen detection assays offer quicker results.