Epidemiology and seasonality of acute respiratory infections in hospitalized children over four consecutive years (2012 –2016)

Over recent years, the development of multiplex molecular biology techniques has enabled the rapid detection of respiratory viruses in many different contexts. Indeed, the rapid identification of respiratory pathogens has modified and improved the preventive and curative management of patients. It has been clearly shown that the rapid, accurate identification of respiratory specimens can have a significant impact on disease progression; this enables the introduction of appropriate therapy, decreases the unnecessary use of antimicrobial agents, and thus limits the risk of secondary infections in medical establishments [1].

Source: Journal of Clinical Virology - February 20, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Adrien Fillatre, Catherine Fran çois, Christine Segard, Gilles Duverlie, Denise Hecquet, Christine Pannier, Catherine Roussel, Patricia Zawadzki, Etienne Brochot, Sandrine Castelain Source Type: research