Table 3.
Analysisof NoV infection associations with different degrees of symptoms and therapies in total samples
| Symptom/therapy | NoV qPCR negative group (N = 243) | NoV qPCR positive group (N = 183) | χ2 value | p–value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptom | ||||
| Less than two symptoms | 204 | 124 | 22.979 | 0.001 |
| Three types of symptoms | 32 | 34 | ||
| More than four symptoms | 7 | 25 | ||
| Therapy | ||||
| Supportive treatment | 75 | 35 | 45.460 | 0.001 |
| Two types of treatment | 131 | 66 | ||
| More than three treatments | 37 | 82 |
symptoms — vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, cough, convulsion, dehydration, upper respiratory infection, community related; therapy — symptomatic and supportive treatment, single antibiotics therapy, more than two types of antibiotics therapy, fluid replacement therapy
The significance represented in bold is a statistically significant difference in comparison between the two groups