Table 3.
Detailed numbers of cases showing each type of neurological complication associated with different serotype of virus of severe HFMD (N = 3510) a
| CNSb complications | EV-A71 | CV-A16 | Other EVs | Total | x2 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aseptic meningitis(Survivors) | 1088(31.40) | 95(2.71) | 131(3.73) | 1314(37.44) | 54.47 | 0.000 |
| encephalitis(Survivors) | 1604(45.70) | 125(3.56) | 363(10.34) | 2092(59.60) | ||
| Encephalomyelitis(Survivors) | 33(0.94) | 3(0.09) | 4(0.11) | 40(1.14) | ||
| Pulmonary oedema/ haemorrhage | 10(0.28) | 0(0.00) | 1(0.03) | 11(0.31) | ||
| Acute flaccid paralysis(Survivors) | 2(0.06) | 0(0.00) | 1(0.03) | 3(0.09) | ||
| Brainstem encephalitis(Survivors) | 3(0.09) | 1(0.03) | 0(0.00) | 3(0.09) | ||
| Cardiorespiratory failure(Survivors) | 4(0.11) | 2(0.06) | 0(0.00) | 6(0.17) | ||
| Death | 39(1.11) | 0(0.00) | 2(0.06) | 41(1.17) | ||
| Total | 2783(79.29) | 225(6.41) | 502(14.30) | 3510(100.00) |
aData outside the parentheses are the number of severe HFMD cases, data in parentheses are % (n/N)
bCNS: Central nervous system