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

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.12.011

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

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Nov;92(3):206-209. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.12.011. Epub 2017 Dec 21.

Authors

Kristen E Allen¹, Susan E Beekmann², Philip Polgreen², Sarah Poser³, Jeanette St Pierre³, Scott Santibañez⁴, Susan I Gerber³, Lindsay Kim⁵

Affiliations

¹ IHRC, Inc., contracting agent to the Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: xxk4@cdc.gov.
² University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA.
³ Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
⁴ Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
⁵ Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: iyn2@cdc.gov.

PMID: 30177420
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.12.011

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Diagnostic testing; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Rapid antigen detection test (RADT); Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); Respiratory viral panel (RVP).

MeSH terms

Antigens, Viral / genetics
Antigens, Viral / immunology
Antiviral Agents / pharmacology
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Diagnostic Tests, Routine*
Health Care Surveys
Humans
Immunoassay
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / diagnosis*
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / epidemiology*
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / prevention & control
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / virology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human* / drug effects
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human* / genetics
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human* / immunology
Viral Load
Viral Vaccines / immunology

Substances

Antigens, Viral
Antiviral Agents
Viral Vaccines