Table 3. Comparison of clinical features between diarrheal episodes of single infections with norovirus and mixed infections of norovirus and other enteric pathogens.
| Norovirus GI | Norovirus GII | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical features | Single infection(N = 47) | Mixed infection(N = 9)a | p-value | Single infection (N = 105) | Mixed infection(N = 47)b | p-value |
| Number (%) of episodes with associated vomiting | 9 (19.2) | 4 (44.4) | 0.189c | 18 (17.1) | 16 (34.0) | 0.021e |
| Number (%) of episodes with associated fever | 15 (36.2) | 1 (11.1) | 0.421c | 18 (17.1) | 17 (36.2) | 0.010e |
| Number (%) of episodes with associated dehydration | 5 (10.6) | 1 (11.1) | 1.000c | 7 (6.7) | 6 (13.0) | 0.205e |
| Median (IQR) Vesikari score | 5 (5–8) | 7 (5–8) | 0.356d | 5 (5–7) | 6 (5–9) | 0.045d |
a = Co-pathogens isolated: Rotavirus, Giardia, Aeromonas
b = Co-pathogens isolated: Rotavirus, Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Vibrio, Shigella,Aeromonas, Ascaris
c = Fisher’s exact test
d = Mann-Whitney U test
e = Chi-square (χ2) test