Table 2.
Number (%) | ||||
Rotavirus Antigen Test | All Subjects Tested* | Mild Illness | Moderate/Severe Illness | Mean Clinical Severity Score |
Positive | 27 (63%) | 2 (8.3%) | 23 (92%)** | 10.64† |
Negative | 16 (37%) | 10 (62.5%) | 6 (37.5%)** | 7.25† |
Total | 43 | 12 (29%) | 29 (71%) |
*Although stool samples were obtained from 43 children, severity scores were not available for 2 of the 27 rotavirus-positive children.
**Children testing positive for rotavirus antigen were more likely to have a clinical severity score of moderate-severe than those testing negative (p = 0.0003 by Fisher's exact test).
†Children testing positive for rotavirus antigen had a significantly higher mean clinical severity score than those testing negative (p = 0.0016 by Student's t-test)