Table II.
Distribution of Respiratory Viruses Including Mixed Infections Over the Three Winter Sampling Periods
Virus | No. of positive cases [%] | ||||||||
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2005–2006 | 2006–2007 | 2007–2008 | |||||||
Nov.–Dec. (na = 86) | Jan.–Feb. (n = 218) | Mar.–May (n = 88) | Nov.–Dec. (n = 25) | Jan.–Feb. (n = 304) | Mar.–May (n = 48) | Nov.–Dec. (n = 39) | Jan.–Feb. (n = 324) | Mar.–May (n = 140) | |
Influenza | 11 [12.8] | 41 [18.8] | 17 [19.3] | 3 [12.0] | 157 [51.6] | 21 [43.8] | 1 [2.6] | 103 [31.8] | 33 [23.6] |
HRSV | 3 [3.5] | 19 [8.7] | 6 [6.8] | 2 [8.0] | 41 [13.5] | 5 [10.4] | 3 [7.7] | 55 [17.0] | 21 [15.0] |
HRV | 7 [8.1] | 5 [2.3] | 5 [5.7] | 11 [44.0] | 51 [16.8] | 3 [6.3] | 7 [17.9] | 42 [13.0] | 29 [20.7] |
HAdV | 11 [12.8] | 26 [11.9] | 11 [12.5] | 3 [12.0] | 9 [3.0] | 2 [4.2] | 7 [17.9] | 19 [5.9] | 7 [5.0] |
HMPV | 0 [0.0] | 8 [3.7] | 4 [4.5] | 0 [0.0] | 3 [1.0] | 0 [0.0] | 0 [0.0] | 17 [5.2] | 12 [8.6] |
HPIV | 7 [8.1] | 6 [2.8] | 1 [1.1] | 2 [8.0] | 9 [3.0] | 0 [0.0] | 7 [17.9] | 11 [3.4] | 4 [2.9] |
HBoV | 11 [12.8] | 11 [5.0] | 6 [6.8] | 3 [12.0] | 14 [4.6] | 0 [0.0] | 2 [5.1] | 23 [7.1] | 11 [7.9] |
HCoV | 1 [1.2] | 7 [3.2] | 4 [4.5] | 1 [4.0] | 4 [1.3] | 2 [4.2] | 0 [0.0] | 7 [2.2] | 4 [2.9] |
HRSV, human respiratory syncytial virus; HRV, human rhinovirus; HAdV, human adenovirus; HMPV, human metapneumovirus; HPIV, human parainfluenza virus; HBoV, human bocavirus; HCoV, human coronavirus.
Total number of samples analyzed.