Table 2.
The number of birth oral swabs and infant/child oropharyngeal swabs which tested positive for each respiratory virus
| Number of samples tested |
Birthd 215 |
6wk 204 |
3mo 84 |
4.5mo 74 |
6mo 179 |
9mo 173 |
12mo 163 |
18mo 158 |
24mo 144 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anya,b | 11 | 67(27) | 42(17) | 38(17) | 112 (47) | 122(57) | 113(50) | 112(61) | 87(35) | 704 (311) |
| Rhinovirus | 6 | 59(26) | 38(16) | 33(14) | 85(34) | 85(43) | 80(39) | 90(52) | 63(29) | 539 (253) |
| Adenovirus | 0 | 1(0) | 0(0) | 2(1) | 13(9) | 33(14) | 30(10) | 33(21) | 35(15) | 147 (70) |
| Bocavirus | 1 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 2(1) | 12(4) | 23(11) | 14(8) | 21(11) | 11(4) | 86 (39) |
| Coronavirusesc | 3 | 4(0) | 3(0) | 4(3) | 6(3) | 9(3) | 4(2) | 9(4) | 3(1) | 45 (16) |
| Polyomavirusesc | 1 | 2(0) | 2(1) | 0(0) | 3(0) | 14(4) | 21(7) | 10(7) | 15(7) | 68 (26) |
| Metapneumovirus | 0 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 2(2) | 1(1) | 5(4) | 3(1) | 0(0) | 1(1) | 14 (9) |
| RSV | 0 | 2(1) | 2(2) | 7(5) | 10(6) | 4(3) | 1(1) | 6(5) | 0(0) | 32 (23) |
| Parainfluenzac | 0 | 1(1) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 3(2) | 4(2) | 7(6) | 3(2) | 3(3) | 21 (16) |
| Influenzac | 0 | 1(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 2(1) | 0(0) | 1(1) | 0(0) | 4 (2) |
aFor each virus the number positive for each virus and the number symptomatic is shown in the brackets
bIn the case of a positive test for more than one virus, all are included for each of the virus group they tested positive
cFor the purposes of the summary table the virus subtypes have been grouped together
dBirth samples were taken at a mean of 1 day (range 0 to 9 days)