{"id":13732,"date":"2024-07-26T12:46:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T10:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.biomed.de\/respiratory-syncytial-virus-a-rapid-test-helps\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T10:46:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T08:46:30","slug":"respiratory-syncytial-virus-a-rapid-test-helps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.biomed.de\/en\/respiratory-syncytial-virus-a-rapid-test-helps\/","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory syncytial virus &#8211; A rapid test helps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1331.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>RSV stands for \u201crespiratory syncytial virus\u201d, or RS virus for short. Infections with respiratory syncytial virus occur more frequently in the cold months from October to April. In order to enable timely diagnostics especially for risk groups, our BIOMED RSV-Rapid Test is available at the beginning of the cold season. It is a ready-to-use test kit for simple application in the nasopharynx. The result is generated within 10 minutes as a qualitative lateral flow assay with specific antibodies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,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\" alt=\"pastedGraphic.png\" \/>The pathogen is distributed worldwide and is transmitted by droplet infection from one infectious person to another or indirectly via contaminated hands, objects or surfaces. The incubation period is usually two to eight days.<\/p>\n<p>In infants and young children up to the age of three, the RS virus is the most common cause of acute respiratory infections worldwide. In principle, anyone can become infected. Older children and adults usually develop only mild cold-like symptoms. Especially in infants in the first three months of life, an infection can be severe. Because infants\u2019 airways are relatively narrow, the bronchioles and their lung tissue are particularly damaged. Bronchiolitis and pneumonia occur. To contain the spread of the RS virus and protect at-risk groups, early diagnosis by rapid RSV test is essential.<\/p>\n<p>The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports that since late summer 2021, the number of hospital admissions for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections among one- to four-year-olds has risen sharply \u2013 twice as many in September 2021 as in previous years. These children have not yet come into contact with certain pathogens because of daycare closures and other measures against the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.biomed.de\/en\/news\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Blog overview<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":34415,"featured_media":13896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,1650,1651,1720],"tags":[1640,1685,1654,1686,1723,1721,1722],"class_list":["post-13732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-publications-en","category-point-of-care-diagnostic","category-rapid-tests","category-rsv-rapid-test","tag-laboratory-diagnostics","tag-poct-diagnostic","tag-point-of-care-diagnostic","tag-rapid-test-en","tag-rsv-en","tag-rsv-rapid-test","tag-rsv-virus-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Respiratory syncytial virus - A rapid test helps<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Respiratory Syncytial Virus - ready-to-use RSV rapid test for professional use by certified personnel.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.biomed.de\/en\/respiratory-syncytial-virus-a-rapid-test-helps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Respiratory syncytial virus - A rapid test helps\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Respiratory Syncytial Virus - ready-to-use RSV rapid test for professional use by certified personnel.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.biomed.de\/en\/respiratory-syncytial-virus-a-rapid-test-helps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BIOMED Labordiagnostik GmbH\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-26T10:46:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-31T08:46:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.biomed.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Respiratorische-Synzytial-Virus-Ein-Schnelltest-hilft.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Yvonne Blank\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Yvonne Blank\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.biomed.de\/en\/respiratory-syncytial-virus-a-rapid-test-helps\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.biomed.de\/en\/respiratory-syncytial-virus-a-rapid-test-helps\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Yvonne Blank\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.biomed.de\/#\/schema\/person\/db6966efcb9d4d89f3bf1c62dec1ce25\"},\"headline\":\"Respiratory syncytial virus &#8211; 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