Table. Number of sequenced respiratory syncytial virus genomes according to different patient characteristics during 2021–22 and 2022–23 virus outbreaks in Washington, USA*.
| Characteristics | 2021–22 outbreak |
2022–23 outbreak |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSV-A | RSV-B | Total | RSV-A | RSV-B | Total | ||
| No. complete genomes |
1 |
13 |
14 |
|
30 |
10 |
40 |
| Patient sex | |||||||
| M | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 20 | |
| F |
1 |
7 |
8 |
|
16 |
4 |
20 |
| Clinical status | |||||||
| Inpatient | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Outpatient |
0 |
12 |
12 |
|
30 |
10 |
40 |
| Patient age, y | |||||||
| <3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| 3–18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| 19–65 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| >65 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
*RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; RSV-A, RSV subtype A; RSV-B, RSV subtype B.