TABLE 3.
Prevalence rates for each virus in 197 samples of sporadic infection referred from a children's hospital and community health centersa
| Source (no.) | No. of positive samples (%) as determined by:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLV-1 PCR | NLV-2 PCR | HAstV PCR | SLV PCR | ROTA EIA | ADENO EIA | |
| Community (70)b | 0 | 4 | 27* | 3 | 2† | 0 |
| Hospital (79)b | 0 | 3 | 6* | 1 | 26† | 5 |
| Total (149)b | 0 (0) | 7 (5) | 33 (22) | 4 (2) | 28 (19) | 5 (3) |
| Community (48)c | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 13* (27) | 2 (4) | 3† (6) | 2 (4) |
| Combined totals | 0 (0) | 8 (4) | 46 (23) | 6 (3) | 31 (16) | 7 (4) |
a
Note the different detection rates of astrovirus * and rotavirus † in samples from community and hospital sources. EIA, enzyme immunoassay; HAstV, astrovirus; ROTA, rotavirus; ADENO, adenovirus.
b
Collected from November 1999 to March 2000 (summer).
c
Collected in September and October 2000 (spring).