Table. Detection of viruses among 486 children with acute lower respiratory tract infection, Seoul, South Korea*.
Virus | No. positive (%) |
---|---|
Single virus infection | 407 (83.7) |
HRSV | 101 (20.8) |
RV | 91 (18.7) |
HBoV | 51 (10.5) |
PIV† | 48 (9.9) |
hMPV | 34 (7.0) |
WUPyV | 34 (7.0) |
AdV | 22 (4.5) |
HCoV‡ | 15 (3.0) |
Influenza virus | 6 (1.2) |
KIPyV | 5 (1.0) |
Coinfection with polyomaviruses and other viruses | 27 (5.5) |
WUPyV + hRSV | 6 |
WuPyV + RV | 5 |
WUPyV + PIV | 5 |
WUPyV + hMPV | 2 |
KIPyV + PIV | 2 |
KIPyV + hCoV-NL63 | 1 |
KIPyV + RV | 1 |
WUPyV + RV + PIV | 2 |
WUPyV + hBoV + PIV | 1 |
WUPyV + hRSV + hBoV | 1 |
WUPyV + hCoV-NL63 + PIV | 1 |
*HRSV, human respiratory syncytial virus; RV, rhinovirus; hBoV, human bocavirus; PIV, parainfluenzavirus; hMPV, human metapneumovirus; WUPyV, WU polyomavirus; AdV, adenovirus; HCoV, human coronavirus; KIPyV, KI polyomavirus. †PIV type 1 in 23 patients, PIV type 2 in 7, PIV type 3 in 10, and PIV type 4 in 8. ‡hCoV-NL63 in 3 patients, hCoV-OC43 in 1, and hCoV-229E in 1.