Survey of diagnostic testing for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adults: Infectious disease physician practices and implications for burden estimates.

Kristen E Allen Susan E Beekmann Philip Polgreen Sarah Poser Jeanette St Pierre Scott Santibañez Susan I Gerber Lindsay Kim

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis

Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address:

Published: November 2018

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of respiratory illness in adults.
There are over 40 vaccines and monoclonal antibodies for RSV in various stages of testing and development.
The study looked into how infectious disease physicians diagnose RSV in adults, as these practices could influence estimates of how serious the disease is.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) often causes respiratory illness in adults. Over 40 RSV vaccine and monoclonal antibody products are currently in preclinical development or clinical trials. Because RSV diagnostic practices may impact disease burden estimates, we investigated infectious disease physicians' RSV diagnostic practices among their adult patients.

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