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Table 4 Clinical characteristics of RSV positive young infants with LRI (n = 26)

From: Respiratory syncytial virus in severe lower respiratory infections in previously healthy young Ethiopian infants

Variables

n

Percent

Age in months

 1

5

19.2

 2

5

19.2

 3

4

15.4

 4

4

15.4

 5

6

23.1

 6

2

7.7

Sex

 male

13

50

 female

13

50

Feeding

 EBF

17

65.4

 Mixed

4

15.4

Wheeze

 Yes

18

69.2

 No

8

30.8

WBC

 Normal

24

92.3

 15.000–20.000 /μl

2

7.3

CRP

  < 36 mg/L

15

57.7

 36-60 mg/L

2

7.7

  > 60 mg/L

4

15.4

Season

 Summer

9

34.6

 Spring

7

26.9

 Winter

4

15.4

 Autumn

6

23.1

Dx

 Bronchitis

1

3.8

 Pneumonia

5

19.2

 Bronchiolitis

20

77

  1. Key: WBC white blood count, CRP C reactive protein, Dx Diagnosis
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