Table 3.

Types of viruses found and number of positive swabs

Virus	Number of positive patients	Oropharynx		Nasopharynx
		Rayon swab	Flocked swab	Rayon swab	Flocked swab
		Positive swabs/total swabs used	Positive swabs/total swabs used	Positive swabs/total swabs used	Positive swabs/total swabs used
Influenza A	7	3/7	4/7	6/7	7/7
RSV	3	3/3	2/2	1/3	2/2
hMPV	3	1/3	2/3	1/3	3/3
AdV	2	1/2	1/2	1/2	1/2
PIV type 3	2	2/2	2/2	1/1	1/2
Influenza B	1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
PIV type 4	1	1/1	0/1	0/1	0/1
Total	19	12/19	12/18	11/18	15/18

RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; hMPV, human metapneumovirus; AdV, adenovirus; PIV, parainfluenza virus