Table 59-1.

Detection of Common Respiratory Viruses in Five Representative Community-based Studies in Tropical Countries

		Children with Viral Infection (%)*
Country	No. of Samples	RSV	ADV	PIV	Flu	HRV	Reference
Brazil	1052	—	3.6	5.9	2.1	16.7	3
Philippines	311	13.0	3.5	5.1	2.2	—	58
Thailand	799	4.4	2.0	4.6	1.7	1.7	24
Colombia	506	13.2	1.0	4.7	2.0	—	149
The Gambia	221	1.8	8.1	6.3	6.3	—	150

ADV, adenovirus; Flu, influenza virus; HRV, human rhinovirus; PIV, parainfluenza virus; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.

^*Viruses were detected by isolation in cell culture or by antigen detection with immunofluorescence.