RSV Assays

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is a significant cause of hospitalization of children and one of the leading causes of death of infants less than 1 year of age worldwide.   RSV  is a member of the Pneumoviridae genus and contains a single-stranded non-segmented negative-sense RNA genome approximately 15,200 nt in length.  There are three surface proteins that coat the virion: small hydrophobic (SH), attachment (G), and fusion (F).  G and F proteins are the major antigenic proteins. RSV is categorized into subgroups A and B based on the sequence of the G protein.

All assays are for research use only; they are not to be used for any clinical, in vitro or in vivo human or veterinary diagnostic purposes.