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. 2022 Jan 25;17(1):e0262923. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262923

Table 2. Clinical presentations of children aged 2–14 years old.

Positive N = 127 Negative N = 1357 OR 95% CI p-value
Fever >37.5, n (%) 80 (63.0) 588 (43.3) 2.22 1.53–3.24 <0.001
Chills, n (%) 37 (29.1) 187 (13.8) 2.57 1.70–3.88 <0.001
Fatigue, n (%) 48 (37.8) 361 (26.6) 1.67 1.15–2.44 0.008
Muscle pain, n (%) 25 (19.8) 152 (11.2) 1.96 1.23–3.13 0.005
Sore throat, n (%) 31 (24.4) 507 (37.4) 0.54 0.36–0.82 0.004
Cough, n (%) 49 (38.6) 657 (48.4) 0.67 0.46–0.97 0.035
Rhinorrhoea, n (%) 58 (45.7) 847 (62.4) 0.50 0.35–0.73 <0.001
Earache, n (%) 4 (3.1) 77 (5.7) 0.54 0.19–1.50 0.238
Respiratory distress, n (%) 5 (3.9) 40 (2.9) 1.36 0.53–3.51 0.526
Wheezing, n (%) 1 (0.8) 33 (2.4) 0.32 0.04–2.35 0.262
Thoracic pain, n (%) 5 (3.9) 26 (1.9) 2.12 0.80–5.61 0.132
Headache, n (%) 65 (51.2) 412 (30.4) 2.4 1.67–3.47 <0.001
Stomach-ache, n (%) 23 (18.1) 244 (18.0) 1.02 0.63–1.63 0.945
Nausea/vomiting, n (%) 14 (11.0) 165 (12.2) 0.89 0.50–1.60 0.705
Diarrhoea, n (%) 10 (7.9) 152 (11.2) 0.68 0.35–1.33 0.263
Ageusia, n (%) 8 (6.3) 32 (2.4) 2.78 1.25–6.17 0.012
Anosmia, n (%) 9 (7.1) 45 (3.3) 2.22 1.06–4.66 0.034
Conjunctivitis, n (%) 5 (3.9) 21 (1.5) 2.61 0.97–7.04 0.058