Table 1.
Distribution of respiratory viruses in samples by RV15, RV16 and culture.
| Target virus | Virus subtype | Total positive specimen no. by two PCR (%)a | Single virus (%) | Two viruses (%) | Three viruses (%) | Four viruses (%) | Total positive specimen no. by culture (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSV | A | 160 (33.2) | 109 (22.6) | 40 (8.3) | 10 (2.1) | 1 (0.2) | 101 (16.0)b |
| B | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | |||||
| HRV | 126 (26.1) | 63 (13.1) | 50 (10.4) | 11 (2.3) | 2 (0.4) | NA | |
| INF | A | 76 (15.8) | 70 (14.5) | 4 (0.8) | 2 (0.4) | 48 (7.6) | |
| B | 39 (8.1) | 31 (6.4) | 7 (1.5) | 1 (0.2) | 27 (4.3) | ||
| ADV | 61 (12.7) | 23 (4.8) | 26 (5.4) | 10 (2.1) | 2 (0.4) | 14 (2.2) | |
| MPV | 50 (10.4) | 33 (6.8) | 12 (2.5) | 5 (1.0) | NA | ||
| Coronavirus | OC43 | 24 (5.0) | 9 (1.9) | 13 (2.7) | 2 (0.4) | NA | |
| NL63 | 20 (4.1) | 2 (0.4) | 14 (2.9) | 4 (0.8) | NA | ||
| 229E | 19 (3.9) | 2 (0.4) | 15 (3.1) | 2 (0.4) | NA | ||
| Parainfluenza | 1 | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.16) | ||
| 2 | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) | – | |||
| 3 | 16 (3.3) | 7 (1.5) | 7 (1.5) | 2 (0.4) | 10 (1.6) | ||
| 4 | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | NA | ||
| HboV | – | 21 (4.4) | 3 (0.6) | 9 (1.9) | 7 (1.5) | 2 (0.4) | NA |
| HEV | – | 11 (2.3) | 1 (0.2) | 6 (1.2) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.2) | NA |
| Total | – | 482 (100.0) | 356 (73.9) | 104 (21.6) | 20 (4.1) | 2 (0.4) | 201 (31.8) |
a
% means the percentage against the number of total virus-infected specimens, 482.
b
Viral culture does not differentiate RSV A from RSV B. The number, 101, means the counting of RSV irrespective of any subtype.