background and aims: respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) infection is common in infants and young children. in infants younger than one year old it may cause bronchiolitis and pneumonia which requires hospitalization. accurate and rapid diagnosis of the disease will help proper treatment of the disease and prevent further complications. materials and methods: specimen taken from respiratory tract...

Background: Immunofluorescence (IF) is one of the most important techniques where fluorochromes conjugated to antibodies are used to detect specific proteins or antigens. In tissue sections, autofluorescence (AF) can lead to poor quality images that impair assessment. The placenta is a pivotal extra-embryonic organ in embryo development, where trophoblasts make up a large proportion of the cell...

Immunofluorescence (IF) tests have redefined our understanding of many immune-mediated skin diseases, especially autoimmune blistering diseases (AIBDs). Nomenclature of certain AIBDs (for example, linear IgA diseases and IgA pemphigus) has been done based solely on the finding of tissue-bound immunoreactants as detected by IF tests. Direct and indirect are the two major types of IF tests; they ...