Table 4.
Respiratory Pathogens Identified by Real-Time Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction in Pregnant Women With (Cases) and Those Without (Controls) Acute Respiratory Illness
| Pathogen Detected | Cases, No. (%) (n = 81)a |
Controls, No. (%) (n = 91) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human rhinovirus | 22 (27) | 6 (7) | <.01 |
| HCoV | 14 (17) | 2 (2) | <.01 |
| HCoV HKU1 | 6 (7) | 1 (1) | |
| HCoV NL63 | 6 (7) | 0 | |
| HCoV OC43 | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | |
| Respiratory syncytial virus | 8 (10) | 0 | <.01 |
| Group A | 7 (9) | 0 | |
| Group B | 1 (1) | 0 | |
| Influenza virus | 4 (5) | 0 | |
| A(H3N2) | 2 (2) | 0 | |
| A(H1N1)pdm09 | 2 (2) | 0 | |
| Human metapneumovirus | 2 (2) | 0 | |
| Parainfluenza virus 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | |
| Bordetella pertussis | 1 (1) | 0 | |
| Bocavirus | 0 | 1 (1) | |
| Adenovirus | 0 | 1 (1) | |
| None | 30 (37) | 81 (89) | <.01 |
Abbreviations: A(H1N1)pdm09, 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus; HCoV, human coronavirus.
aOne case positive for RSV group A was also positive for human rhinovirus.