Table 2.
Distribution of different VM pathogens by year of detection.
| Surveillance year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All years | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||
| Positive cases | |||||||
| Pathogen | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | X2 | p–value* |
| ADV | 50 (100) | 13 (26) | 18 (36) | 12 (24) | 7 (14) | 3.43 | P > 0.05 |
| HSV1 | 12 (100) | 1 (8.33) | 3 (25) | 4 (33.33) | 4 (33.33) | 3.69 | P > 0.05 |
| HSV2 | 14 (100) | 2 (14.3) | 3 (21.43) | 8 (57.14) | 1 (7.14) | 0.01 | P > 0.05 |
| EBV | 55 (100) | 13 (23.64) | 13 (23.64) | 13 (23.64) | 16 (29.1) | 1.15 | P > 0.05 |
| EV | 503 (100) | 55 (10.93) | 136 (27) | 246 (48.9) | 66 (13.12) | 9.61 | P < 0.001 |
| CMV | 33 (100) | 4 (12.12) | 13 (39.39) | 11 (33.33) | 5 (15.15) | 0.02 | P > 0.05 |
| VZV | 35 (100) | 9 (25.71) | 9 (25.71) | 8 (22.86) | 9 (25.71) | 0.03 | P > 0.05 |
| PV | 30 (100) | 5 (16.67) | 10 (33.33) | 9 (30) | 6 (20) | 0.07 | P > 0.05 |
| Total | 732 | 102 | 205 | 311 | 114 | ||
*
P-values were obtained using Extended Mantel-Haenszel chi square test for linear trend.