TABLE 2.

Detection of viruses in nasopharyngeal aspirate and nasal swab specimens compared with total viral findings by either method

Virus	Total n	Aspirate positive		Swab positive
		n	%	n	%
RSV	72	70	97	55	76
Rhinovirus	15	12	80	12	80
Influenza virus A or B	12	12	100	11	92
Parainfluenza virus type 1, 2, or 3	9	8	89	8	89
Adenovirus	8	7	88	7	88
Enterovirus	7	5	71	6	86
Herpes simplex virus	1	1	100	1	100
Total	124	115	93	100	81