Respiratory viral infections detected by multiplex PCR among pediatric patients with lower respiratory tract infections seen at an urban hospital in Delhi from 2005 to 2007 | Virology Journal BioMed Central Research Respiratory viral infections detected by multiplex PCR among pediatric patients with lower respiratory tract infections seen at an urban hospital in Delhi from 2005 to 2007 Preeti Bharaj1 Wayne M Sullender2 Sushil K Kabra3 Kalaivani Mani4 John Cherian3 Vikas Tyagi3 Harendra S Chahar1 Samander Kaushik1 Lalit Dar1 and Shobha Broor 1 Address Department of Microbiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar New Delhi 110029 India 2Department of Pediatrics University of Alabama at Birmingham Alabama 35294-0011 USA 3Department of Pediatrics All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar New Delhi 110029 India and 4Department of Biostatistics All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar New Delhi 110029 India Email Preeti Bharaj- preetibharaj@ Wayne M Sullender - wsull@ Sushil K Kabra - skkabra@ Kalaivani Mani - manikalaivani@ John Cherian - skkabra@ Vikas Tyagi - skkabra@ Harendra S Chahar - harendrachahar@ Samander Kaushik - samanderkaushik@ Lalit Dar - lalitdar@ Shobha Broor - Corresponding author Open Access Published 26 June 2009 Virology Journal 2009 6 89 doi 1743-422X-6-89 Received 18 March 2009 Accepted 26 June 2009 This article is available from http content 6 1 89 2009 Bharaj et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Acute lower respiratory tract infections ALRI are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in young children worldwide. Information on viral etiology in ALRI from India is limited. The aim of the present study was to develop a simple sensitive specific and cost effective .
