TY - JOUR AU - Balakumar, Varathagini AU - Turner, Paul AU - Paul, Siba PY - 2019/11/27 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Cross-Sectional Survey of Viral Testing on Nasopharyngeal Aspirates by Laboratories in the UK – : Is Targeted Testing the Way Forward? JF - The Physician JA - phy VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.38192/1.6.1.c14 UR - https://physicianjnl.net/index.php/phy/article/view/31 SP - c14 AB - <p>Acute viral bronchiolitis is the most common cause of hospital admissions among infants in the UK. The diagnosis is primarily clinical with most infants requiring supportive management. RSV is the main cause and routine confirmation has, until recently, been undertaken via nasopharyngeal swabs or aspirates (NPA).</p> ER -