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. 2017 Nov 17;217(3):418–427. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix599

Table 3.

Clinical Characteristics of the First Respiratory Virus Detection Episodes in the First 2 Years of Life in 152 Infants Participating in the Observational Research in Childhood Infectious Diseases (ORChID) Birth Cohort (n = 9594 Swabs)

Virusa No. of Infants ARI Episodes,
URTI/ LRTIb,
%
Risk Difference
for ARI Episodes,
% (95% CI)
Median ARI Symptom Duration, d (IQR) Median Difference of ARI Episode Duration,
d (95% CI)c
Medical Visits
FP/ED/
Hospitalizedd,e,
%
Risk Difference for Medical Visits,
% (95% CI)
Antibiotics After Any Medical Visite, % Risk Difference for Antibiotics, % (95% CI)
HRV 130 46.2/6.2 0.0 (ref) 5.5 (3–10) 0.0 (ref) 13.1/0.0/0.8 0.0 (ref) 23.5 0.0 (ref)
RSV 54 31.5/46.3 25.5 (11.4 to 39.5) 9 (7–11) 1.8 (–0.2 to 6.2) 37.0/5.6/1.9 24.0 (9.8 to 38.1) 55.0 34.4 (4.4 to 64.4)
PIV 52 50.0/21.2 18.8 (3.8 to 33.9) 9 (4–14) 1.8 (–0.4 to 6.4) 26.9/1.0/0.0 15.8 (2.2 to 29.4) 35.7 12.2 (–20.0 to 44.4)
INFV 11 54.5/18.2 20.4 (–7.3 to 48.1) 11 (7–16.5) 1.9 (–0.2 to 12.2) 36.4/0.0/0.0 23.3 (–5.7 to 52.3) 75.0 51.5 (4.5 to 98.5)
HMPV 18 33.3/50.0 31.0 (11.8 to 50.2) 9 (6–11) 1.3 (–1.7 to 7.7) 33.3/5.6/0.0 20.3 (1.7 to 25.9) 33.3 9.8 (–33.0 to 52.6)
HCoV 67 46.3/23.9 17.8 (3.9 to 31.8) 9 (3–13) 1.9 (–0.1 to 6.1) 25.4/4.4/0.0 13.8 (1.7 to 25.9) 50.0 26.5 (–4.2 to 57.1)
AdV 52 44.2/25.0 16.9 (1.7 to 32.1) 10 (5–13.5) 2.9 (1.6 to 8.4) 32.7/0.0/0.0 19.6 (5.6 to 33.6) 58.8 35.3 (4.4 to 66.2)
HPyV 70 41.4/15.7 4.8 (–9.7 to 19.3) 11 (4–17.5) 3.0 (1.7 to 8.3) 15.7/0.0/0.0 4.1 (–6.5 to 14.6) 66.6 43.1 (9.7 to 76.6)
HBoV-1 73 50.7/15.1 13.4 (–0.4 to 27.3) 9 (5–14) 1.9 (–0.1 to 8.0) 26.0/2.7/0.0 13.0 (1.3 to 24.6) 57.9 34.4 (4.4 to 64.4)

Abbreviations: AdV, adenovirus; ARI, acute respiratory infection; CI, confidence interval; ED, emergency department; FP, family physician; HBoV-1, human bocavirus-1; HCoV, human coronavirus; HMPV, human metapneumovirus; HPyV, human polyomavirus; HRV, human rhinovirus; INFV, influenza virus; IQR, interquartile range; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection; PIV, parainfluenza virus; ref, reference; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.

aDetected in nasal swabs collected weekly by parents.

bMutually exclusive hierarchical classification of ARI episodes (LRTI > URTI).

cMedian difference of ARI episode duration calculated by quantile regression technique.

dMedical visits were not mutually exclusive categories as an infant may have had >1 medical encounter in different settings during a single ARI episode.

eMedical visits and antibiotic information were derived from the ARI burden diary triggered in 223 of 233 (95.7%) eligible recorded ARI episodes.