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. 2025 May 17;15:100672. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2025.100672

Table 2.

Virial etiology identification of CAP in the SEA region. Detection of pathogens is shown by actual number.

Study Total tested Positive rate (%) FLU hRV/EV hMPV RSV PIV(I-IV) BoV Adv hCoV Other
Rammaert et al. [31] 1270 11.4 17 60 - 24 - - - 26 18
Vong et al. [32] 959 14.3 16 68 7 23 - - - 18 6
Farida et al. [33] 148 22.3 17 6 1 1 5 - 2 1 -
Toh et al. [34] 599 48.1 75 25 - 122 21 - 62 6 -
Pang et al. [35] 1106 10.3 114 - - - - - - - -
Ng et al [36] 111 87.4a NR 40 NR 26 NR 4 NR NR 27
Suzuki et al. [37] 819 51.6 15 189 17 165 8 2 15 2 10
Lupisan et al. [38] 535 13.1 28 18b 6 11 4 - 3 - -
Siow et al. [39] 100 33.0 15 10 2 0 3 - 1 2 -
Lim et al. [40] 520 4.2 2 3 2 1 - - 3 1 10
Fry et al. (2007) [41] 1168 4.5 NR NR NR NR NR 53 NR NR NR
Hara et al. [42] 119 9.2 7 2 0 2 0 - - 0 -
Pratheepamornkull et al. [43] 91 46.2 0 11 - 22 0 - 9 0 -
Kositpantawong et al. [44] 1584 9.5 151 - - - - - - - -
Bunthi et al. [12] 223 85.2 7 64 8 51 13 40 31 10 103
Osman et al. [45] 242 21.5 47 - - 5 - - - - -
Poovieng et al. [46] 139 74.4 130 - - - - - - - 16
Wanlapakorn et al. [47] 100 93.0c NR 48 NR 38 7 NR NR NR NR
Takahashi et al. [48] 154 48.1 45 22 0 4 0 0 3 0 -

Adv, adenovirus; BoV, boca virus; Entero, entero viruses; FLU, influenza viruses which include influenza A (H3N2, H1N1, pH1N1) and influenza B viruses; hCoV, human coronaviruses which includes 229E, OC43, NL63, HKU1, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 viruses; hRV/EV, human rhinovirus/enterovirus; hMPV, human metapneumovirus; NR, not reported; PIV(I-IV), parainfluenza virus type I to IV; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; Others means those viruses not mentioned under individual viruses within the same study.

a

87.4 is the positive rate of four viruses (RV/EV, RSV, BoV, and SARS-CoV-2); the positive rate of the remaining individual viruses was not presented in the paper.

b

7 RV and one EV.

c

93.0% is based on the reported positive rate (only the top three common viruses were reported in the article.