Analytical and clinical validation of a novel, laboratory-developed, modular multiplex-PCR panel for fully automated high-throughput detection of 16 respiratory viruses.

Viral respiratory Infections pose a health risk, especially to vulnerable patient populations. Effective testing programs can detect and differentiate these infections at an early stage, which is particularly important for high-risk clinical departments. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a multiplex PCR-panel for 16 different respiratory viruses on a fully-automated high-throughput platform.