Table 1. Clinical presentations of infected patients and yearly distributions.
RSV-A | RSV-B | Mixed | |||||||
Clinical presentation (mean ± SD) | |||||||||
Age (months) | 19.7±17.7 | 14.8±13.6 | 16.5±14.8 | ||||||
Male/female ratio | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||||||
Fever duration (days) | 3.3±3.0 | 3.1±3.0 | 3.1±1.8 | ||||||
Length of oxygen use (days) | 5.3±7.9 | 5.8±4.5 | 5.5±4.7 | ||||||
Length of hospital stay (days) | 7.7±7.3 | 7.5±4.7 | 8.4±4.2 | ||||||
C-reactive protein level (mg/dl) | 1.9±3.0 | 1.5±2.6 | 1.8±3.1 | ||||||
Yearly distribution | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |||
2000–2001 | 4 | 36.4 | 6 | 54.5 | 1 | 9.1 | |||
2001–2002 | 4 | 44.4 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 11.1 | |||
2002–2003 | 20 | 76.9 | 5 | 19.2 | 1 | 3.8 | |||
2003–2004 | 24 | 88.9 | 2 | 7.4 | 1 | 3.7 | |||
2004–2005 | 23 | 76.7 | 7 | 23.3 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
2005–2006 | 12 | 42.9 | 16 | 57.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
2006–2007 | 28 | 93.3 | 2 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
2007–2008 | 20 | 47.6 | 14 | 33.3 | 8 | 19.0 | |||
2008–2009 | 37 | 62.7 | 17 | 28.8 | 5 | 8.5 | |||
2009–2010 | 10 | 31.3 | 18 | 56.2 | 4 | 12.5 | |||
2010–2011 | 20 | 64.5 | 8 | 25.8 | 3 | 9.7 | |||
Total | 202 | 60.5 | 99 | 32.4 | 24 | 7.1 |
No.-numbers of isolate.