TABLE 3.

Distribution of viruses considering the range of age. Samples from patients of unknown age (n = 492) were not included

Virus/age group		Group A < 6 m	Group B 6–12 m	Group C 1–2 y	Group D 3–5 y	Group E 6–17 y	Group F 18–29 y	Group G 30–39 y	Group H 40–59 y	Group I > 60 y	Total
Specimen, n		13,874	5,219	8,162	2,872	3,918	1,675	2,514	6,216	14,637	59,087
Positive specimen, n (%) a		5,398	2,699	4,185	1,288	1,259	442	648	1,445	3,821	21,185
		38.9%	51.7%	51.3%	44.8%	32.1%	26.4%	25.8%	23.2%	26.1%
Viruses, n (%) b	RSV	2,625	1,001	1,137	183	77	39	71	191	762	6,086
		47.3%	35.6%	26.4%	13.9%	6.0%	8.7%	10.9%	13.0%	19.7%
	FLUAV	921	543	1119	471	466	296	401	871	2225	7,313
		16.6%	19.3%	25.9%	35.9%	36.3%	66.2%	61.4%	59.5%	57.4%
	FLUBV	117	72	182	202	351	54	105	225	695	2,003
		2.1%	2.6%	4.2%	15.4%	27.3%	12.1%	16.1%	15.4%	17.9%
	AdV	405	617	998	211	158	14	21	34	33	2,491
		7.3%	22.0%	23.1%	16.1%	12.3%	3.1%	3.2%	2.3%	0.9%
	EV	605	217	359	106	95	6	9	28	36	1,461
		10.9%	7.7%	8.3%	8.1%	7.4%	1.3%	1.4%	1.9%	0.9%
	RV	402	122	182	57	72	16	24	53	75	1,003
		7.2%	4.3%	4.2%	4.3%	5.6%	3.6%	3.7%	3.6%	1.9%
	PIV‐1	69	21	32	14	9	2	3	10	5	165
		1.2%	0.7%	0.7%	1.1%	0.7%	0.4%	0.5%	0.7%	0.1%
	PIV‐2	44	17	26	18	9	0	1	6	6	127
		0.8%	0.6%	0.6%	1.4%	0.7%	‐	0.2%	0,4%	0.2%
	PIV‐3	204	98	117	14	28	18	15	31	23	548
		3.7%	3.5%	2.7%	1.1%	2.2%	4.0%	2.3%	2.1%	0.6%
	hMPV	157	101	161	37	20	2	3	15	15	511
		2.8%	3.6%	3.7%	2.8%	1.6%	0.4%	0.5%	1.0%	0.4%
Mixed detection		154	112	135	28	30	5	5	19	54	542
Total of viruses, n		5,549	2,809	4,313	1,313	1,285	447	653	1,464	3,875	21,708 c

Abbreviations: m, months; y, years.

^a Percentage of positive samples considering each group of age.

^b Percentage of each virus out of the total of viruses in each group of age.

^c The total number does not include five PIV4 and 19 non‐typed PIV.