| prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus infection among hospitalized children presenting with acute lower respiratory tract infections. | objective: to evaluate the prevalence of rsv among hospitalized young children presenting with alri in bangalore, india. methods: respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) antigen detection was performed by direct fluorescent antibody (dfa) staining on 77 nasopharyngeal wash samples collected from hospitalized children below 2 years of age with a diagnosis of acute lower respiratory tract infection (alri). results: out of 77 samples tested for rsv with dfa, 17 (22.1%) were found rsv-positive with a mea ... | 2011 | 21660398 |