Timely diagnosis of respiratory tract infections: Evaluation of the performance of the Respifinder assay compared to the xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel assay

Abstract Background Respiratory tract infections are the most common cause of hospitalization in infants and young children and are typically caused by viral or, less commonly, bacterial pathogens. Existing non-molecular diagnostic methods have several drawbacks such as limited sensitivity, long tur...

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