Table 3. Proportions of viruses detected by various characteristics from a rural primary school in coastal Kenya, year 2017–18.
| Characteristic | Any virus
n=384 |
RSV
n=11 |
Adeno
n=15 |
Rhinovirus
n=288 |
PIV
n=47 |
Corona
n=35 |
FLU
n=5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age category | |||||||
| <5 | 38 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.6) | 31 (81.6) | 7 (18.4) | 2 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| 5–9 | 216 | 5 (2.3) | 8 (3.7) | 164 (75.9) | 27 (12.5) | 18 (8.3) | 2 (0.9) |
| 10–14 | 93 | 4 (4.3) | 5 (5.4) | 70 (75.3) | 9 (9.7) | 6 (4.5) | 2 (2.1) |
| >=15 | 37 | 2 (5.4) | 1 (2.7) | 23 (62.2) | 4 (10.8) | 9 (24.3) | 1 (2.7) |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 212 | 4 (1.9) | 10 (4.7) | 163 (76.9) | 25 (11.8) | 19 (9.0) | 3 (1.7) |
| Female | 172 | 7 (4.1) | 5 (2.9) | 125 (72.3) | 22 (12.8) | 16 (9.3) | 2 (0.9) |
| Class level | |||||||
| Lower primary | 254 | 5 (2.0) | 9 (3.5) | 195 (76.7) | 34 (13.4) | 20 (7.9) | 2 (0.7) |
| Upper primary | 130 | 6 (4.6) | 6 (4.6) | 93 (71.5) | 13 (10.0) | 15 (11.5) | 3 (2.3) |
| Grade | |||||||
| Daycare | 65 | 3 (4.6) | 2 (3.1) | 51 (78.5) | 9 (13.8) | 5 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| Kindergarten1 | 43 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.7) | 32 (74.4) | 8 (18.6) | 1 (2.3) | 2 (2.3) |
| Kindergarten2 | 58 | 1 (1.7) | 1 (1.7) | 49 (84.5) | 5 (8.6) | 4 (6.9) | 0 (0.0) |
| Kindergarten3 | 53 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) | 39 (73.6) | 7 (13.2) | 8 (15.1) | 1 (1.9) |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 1 (2.9) | 3 (8.6) | 24 (68.6) | 5 (14.3) | 2 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (66.7) | 2 (13.3) | 2 (13.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 1 (3.3) | 1 (3.3) | 22 (73.3) | 5 (16.6) | 2 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (13.0) | 18 (78.3) | 1 (4.4) | 3 (13.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 3 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (71.4) | 1 (4.8) | 1 (4.7) | 1 (4.8) |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.7) | 8 (61.5) | 1 (7.7) | 2 (15.4) | 2 (15.4) |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (61.1) | 3 (16.7) | 4 (22.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Grade 8 | 10 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 9 (90.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| School term | |||||||
| Term 1 | 134 | 3 (2.2) | 6 (4.5) | 103 (76.8) | 18 (13.4) | 4 (3.0) | 3 (2.1) |
| Term 2 | 102 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.9) | 83 (81.4) | 16 (15.7) | 3 (2.9) | 1 (0.9) |
| Term 3 | 148 | 8 (5.4) | 6 (4.0) | 102 (68.9) | 13 (8.8) | 28 (18.9) | 1 (0.7) |
| Symptoms | |||||||
| Cough | 287 | 8 (2.8) | 10 (3.5) | 215 (74.9) | 40 (13.9) | 30 (10.4) | 3 (1.0) |
| Runny nose | 346 | 9 (2.6) | 14 (4.1) | 260 (75.1) | 41 (11.9) | 30 (8.7) | 5 (1.4) |
| Sore throat | 75 | 1 (1.3) | 3 (4.0) | 58 (77.3) | 6 (8.0) | 7 (9.3) | 1 (1.3) |
| Class size | |||||||
| <45 students | 161 | 3 (1.9) | 5 (3.1) | 122 (75.8) | 24 (14.9) | 14 (8.7) | 2 (1.20 |
| >45 students | 223 | 8 (3.6) | 10 (4.5) | 166 (74.4) | 23 (10.2) | 21 (9.4) | 3 (1.2) |
| BMI | |||||||
| Underweight | 81 | 1 (1.2) | 5 (6.2) | 61 75.3) | 12 (14.8) | 5 (6.2) | 2 (2.3) |
| Normal | 297 | 9 (3.3) | 9 (3.0) | 222 (74.8) | 34 (11.4) | 30 (10.1) | 3 (0.9) |
| Overweight | 6 | 1 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| *BMI:- Body Mass Index | |||||||