Table 3. Comparison of the clinical features among patients with HMPV (outpatients with ILI) in different age groups.
| Variables | Number of positive samples (%) | |||||
| Age group | total (n = 138) | 0–4 years (n = 59) | 5–15 years (n = 28) | 16–34 years (n = 12) | 35–60 years (n = 15) | >60 years (n = 24) |
| Age (median) | 7 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 47 | 67 |
| Females | 66 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Diagnosis/Symptom | ||||||
| Cough | 130 (94) | 54 (96) | 26 (93) | 12 (100) | 13 (87) | 22 (92) |
| Sudden onset | 127 (92) | 51 (91) | 25 (89) | 12 (100) | 15 (100) | 23 (96) |
| Fever/Shivers | 121 (88) | 49 (88) | 27 (96) | 8 (67) | 13 (87) | 21 (88) |
| Muscle pain/Headache | 100 (72) | 28 (50) | 25 (89) | 11 (92) | 14 (93) | 21 (88) |
| Bronchitisa | 17 (46) | 10 (48) | 3 (38) | 0 | 1 (25) | 3 (100) |
| Fever | 23 (17) | 9 (16) | 6 (21) | 0 | 1 (7) | 7 (29) |
| Pneumonia | 9 (7) | 3 (5) | 2 (7) | 0 | 1 (7) | 3 (13) |
a
Bronchitis was requested in three out of ten seasons (number of HMPV-positive samples correlated with bronchitis n = 37, within age groups: 0–4 years n = 21; 5–15 years n = 8; 16–34 years n = 1; 35–60 years n = 4; >60 years n = 3).