Table 2. A comparison of the clinical feat ures of HMPV, Influenza A and RSV infected children.
Clinical features | HMPV* | p-value | Influenza A | p-value | RSV** | p-value | |||
Positive (n = 24) | Negative (n = 145) | Positive (n = 9) | Negative (n = 160) | Positive (n = 30) | Negative (n = 139) | ||||
Wheezing/noisy breathing | 8(33.3%) | 93(64.1%) | 0.003 | 3(33.3%) | 98(61.2%) | 0.082 | 18(64.3%) | 83(59.7%) | 0.682 |
Chest indrawing | 16(66.7%) | 60(41.4%) | 0.021 | 6(66.7%) | 70(43.8%) | 0.179 | 12(40%) | 64(46%) | 0.546 |
Unable to drink | 15(62.5%) | 49(33.8%) | 0.007 | 4(44.4%) | 60(37.5%) | 0.676 | 10(33.3%) | 54(38.9%) | 0.572 |
Difficult to arouse/abnormally sleepy | 5(20.8%) | 45(31%) | 0.310 | 3(33.3%) | 47(29.4%) | 0.800 | 6(20%) | 44(31.6%) | 0.205 |
Radiologically confirmed pneumonia | 2(8.3%) | 49(33.7%) | 0.01 | 1(11.11%) | 50(31.2%) | 0.190 | 6(20.7%) | 45(32.3%) | 0.197 |
Abbreviations:
HMPV: Human metapneumovirus.
RSV: Respiratory syncitial virus.