Table 2. Numbers of positive samples taken from different sites in 119 patients with chronic adenotonsillar disease from whom samples were obtained from all sites.

		PT +Ad +	PT +Ad −	PT −Ad +	PT −Ad −	Total*
All viruses	NS+	59	5	24	6
	NS−	14	4	5	2	117
HAdV	NS+	18	1	17	0
	NS−	5	5	11	62	57
HBoV	NS+	3	0	5	6
	NS−	1	2	19	83	36
HRV	NS+	14	0	12	16
	NS−	1	0	3	73	46
HEV	NS+	20	1	1	0
	NS−	13	11	3	70	49

Adenoids were not available from two patients, one of whom was negative for all tested viruses, while the other had HRSV in NS.

PT: palatine tonsil; Ad: adenoid; NS: nasopharyngeal secretion.

^*Total number of positive samples.