| an outbreak of respiratory infection due to respiratory syncytial virus subgroup b in ankara, turkey. | during the outbreak, from 16 january 2002 to 3 march 2002, nasopharyngeal secretions obtained from 35 pediatric patients under 2 years of age and suffering from acute respiratory disease were tested by vidas respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) assay (an automated enzyme-linked fluorescent immunoassay) and reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr). rsv antigen was detected in 16 specimens by vidas rsv assay, and 15 of these were confirmed by the rt-pcr. a total of 18 samples were fo ... | 2004 | 15329452 |