Table 2.
Viral etiology of influenza‐like illness cases by country. Central America, June 2006–April 2009
| Total | El Salvador | Honduras | Nicaragua | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count (%) | Hosp. Nac. De Santa Ana Metapan | IHSS‐Instituto Hondureño De Seguro Social, Tegucigalpa | C.S Villa Libertad/Villa Venezuela, Managua | H.I.M.J.R – La Mascota Managua | Hosp. Humberto Alvarado Vasquez Masaya | |
| Total | 1756 (100) | 283 | 427 | 392 | 310 | 344 |
| Positive | 434* (24·7) | 24 | 128 | 81 | 85 | 116 |
| Influenza A virus | 130 (7·4) | 16 | 47 | 37 | 17 | 13 |
| H1N1 | 42 (2·4) | 1 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| H3N2 | 41 (2·3) | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Not subtyped | 47 (2·7) | 2 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 |
| Influenza B virus | 47 (2·7) | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 9 |
| Herpes simplex virus 1 | 22 (1·3) | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | 122 (6·9) | 1 | 5 | 10 | 45 | 61 |
| Adenovirus | 63 (3·6) | 1 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 |
| Enteroviruses | 7 (0·4) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Enterovirus 70/71 | 2 (0·1) | |||||
| Coxsackie | 2 (0·1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Echovirus | 3 (0·2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Parainfluenza viruses (1, 2 and 3) | 57 (3·2) | 0 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 19 |
| Metapneumovirus | 3 (0·2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Negative | 1322 (75·3) | 259 | 299 | 311 | 225 | 228 |
| Total patients with co‐infections | 17 (100) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
*A total of 451 virus‐positive specimens were obtained from 434 patients (17 patients had co‐infections).