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Purpose: Infections of the lower respiratory tract (ASYE) have a high rate of morbidity in children and are seen with a high mortality especially in early childhood. The aim is to investigate the viral factors in children with ASYE diagnosis by immunofluoresan and immunochromatographic methods. In our study, 260 patients (1 month-5 years old) with clinically diagnosed ASYE were examined with immunofluoresan and immunochromatographic methods. Results: In 122 of the samples (46.9%) viral antigen positivity was detected. As the most common factor of ASYE, the respiratory sinsityal virus (RSV) has been detected with a positive rate of 35.3%. 4.2 percent of patients were diagnosed with influenza A virus and 1.9 percent with influenza B virus. The rapid diagnosis of viruses that may be active in ASYEs in the pediatric population becomes important to ensure that appropriate specific antiviral treatment can be initiated in time, unnecessary antibiotic use can be prevented and hospital infections that these viruses can cause can be prevented.

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