Accepted Article Audrey Dubot-Peres ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1267-0725 Nasal or throat sampling are adequate for the detection of human respiratory syncytial virus in children with acute respiratory infections Van Hoan Nguyen 1 , Fiona M Russell 2,3 , David AB Dance 4,5,6 , Keoudomphone Vilivong 4 , Souphatsone Phommachan 4 , Chanthaphone Syladeth 4 , Jana Lai 3 , Ruth Lim 3 , Melinda Morpeth 2 , Mayfong Mayxay 4,9 , Paul N Newton 4,5 , Xavier De Lamballerie 1 , Audrey Dubot- Pérès 1,4,5 1. Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ – IRD 190 – Inserm 1207 – IHU Méditerranée Infection), Marseille, France. 2. Dept. of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. 3. Pneumococcal Research Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. 4. Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR. 5. Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Old Road Campus, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 6. Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/jmv.25496. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.