Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of healthy children (n = 14) and infected children (n = 12)

Variables	Healthy children	Infected children
	(n = 14)	(n = 12)
Sex of children, n (%)
Male	7 (50%)	9 (75%)
Female	7 (50%)	3 (25%)
Age of children in months, median (IQR)	29 (19; 30)	18 (14; 33)
Number of provided nasal swabs by time of collection	First month (14)	Before PVI (9)a,b
	Second month (14)	During PVI (12)
	Third month (14)	After PVI (13)b,c
Days between swab sampling, median (IQR)	28 (27; 31)	29 (28; 31)

IQR Interquartile range, PVI Picornavirus infection

^aThree children provided two samples and one child provided one sample before PVI

^bTwo children provided samples before and after PVI

^cFive children provided two samples and one child provided one sample after PVI