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Detection of viruses in nasal aspirates, brushes, swabs and washes.
| Virus | Total n | Aspirate |
Brush |
Swab |
Wash |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Rhinovirus | 39 | 27 | (68) | 26 | (65) | 26 | (65) | 33 | (83) |
| Adenovirus | 15 | 6 | (40) | 5 | (33) | 3 | (20) | 4 | (27) |
| Influenza | 11 | 5 | (45) | 3 | (27) | 4 | (36) | 7 | (64) |
| Coronavirus | 6 | 5 | (83) | 5 | (83) | 6 | (100) | 6 | (100) |
| Parainfluenza | 3 | 3 | (100) | 3 | (100) | 3 | (100) | 3 | (100) |
| Bocavirus | 1 | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (100) | 0 | (0) |
| Any virus positive | 48 | 36 | (79) | 35 | (74) | 37 | (77) | 41 | (88)* |
p < 0.05 in comparison to brushes.
