Table 3.
Frequency of virus isolation in children of different ages with ALRTIs
| Age, months | Total | p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −1 (%) | −6 (%) | −12 (%) | −36 (%) | −60 (%) | >60 (%) | |||
| (n = 112) | (n = 192) | (n = 138) | (n = 201) | (n = 103) | (n = 67) | |||
| RSV | 27 (24.1) | 101(52.6) | 69 (50) | 79 (39.3) | 42 (40.8) | 13 (19.4) | 331 | 0.000 |
| HRV | 18 (16.1) | 52 (27.1) | 27 (19.6) | 39 (19.4) | 13 (12.6) | 13 (19.4) | 162 | 0.057 |
| HMPV | 2 (1.8) | 14 (7.3) | 10 (7.2) | 10 (5.0) | 10 (9.7) | 4 (6.0) | 50 | 0.207 |
| PIV3 | 4 (3.6) | 18 (9.4) | 13 (9.4) | 18 (9.0) | 7 (6.8) | 4 (6.0) | 64 | 0.449 |
| IFVA | 9 (8.0) | 14 (7.3) | 9 (6.5) | 17 (8.5) | 5 (4.9) | 4 (6.0) | 58 | 0.889 |
| IFVB | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.7) | 3 (1.5) | 2 (1.9) | 1 (1.5) | 8 | 0.652 |
| HKU1 | 3 (2.7) | 4 (2.1) | 4 (2.9) | 4 (2.0) | 0 | 3 (4.5) | 18 | 0.495 |
| NL63 | 0 | 7 (3.6) | 6 (4.3) | 11 (5.5) | 3 (2.9) | 4 (6.0) | 31 | 0.210 |
| AdV | 4 (3.6) | 9 (4.7) | 11 (8.0) | 18 (9.0) | 12 (11.7) | 7 (10.4) | 61 | 0.120 |
| HBoV | 10 (8.9) | 16 (8.3) | 18 (13.0) | 28 (13.9) | 16 (15.5) | 6 (9.0) | 94 | 0.292 |
| Total | 77 | 236 | 168 | 227 | 110 | 59 | 877 | |