TABLE 4.

Comparison of the age and gender of children infected with human metapneumovirus (hMPV) and human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV)

	All	hMPV-positive			hRSV-positive
		All	2003–2004	2004–2005	All	2003–2004	2004–2005
No. samples	780	54	22	32	306	127	179
Male	399	23	9	14	147	66	81
Female	381	31	13	18	159	61	98
Age (months)
Mean	15	17	16	17	12	11	13
Median	10	8	7	9	8	7	8
Range	1–59	1–54	1–47	1–54	1–58	1–58	1–55