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Table 7 Risk of severe febrile seizure presentations associated with respiratory viruses

From: Snotwatch: an ecological analysis of the relationship between febrile seizures and respiratory virus activity

Virus

95% vs 50% Incidence Risk

99% CI

P-value

Adenovirus

0.93

0.80, 1.09

0.24

hMPV

1.22

0.98, 1.453

0.020

Influenza A*

1.47

1.16, 1.86

< 0.0001

Influenza B*

1.37

1.08, 1.73

< 0.0001

Parainfluenza 1

0.93

0.64, 1.35

0.62

Parainfluenza 2*

0.79

0.63, 1.00

0.0095

Parainfluenza 3

1.12

0.88, 1.42

0.22

Picornavirus

1.04

0.81, 1.33

0.68

RSV*

1.55

1.25, 1.94

< 0.0001

  1. Intercept denotes estimated number of severe febrile seizures per month. Statistically significant viruses are denoted with*. The baseline monthly number of febrile seizures for this subgroup was 4.7
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