Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants, days spent in hospital and clinical diagnosis with respect to viral types
CHARACTERISTIC /Description | No. of participants n (%) | RSVA Positives n (%) | RSVB positives n (%) | HMPV Positives n (%) | Total Positives n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall Total | 176 (100) | 8 (5) | 12 (7) | 3 (1.7) | 22 (13) |
Age groups | |||||
0–6 months | 76 (43) | 4 (5) | 9 (12) | 1 (1) | 13 (17) |
7–11 months | 26 (15) | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (8) |
11–23 months | 47 (27) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 3 (6) |
24–48 months | 26 (14) | 2 (8) | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 4 (16) |
49–60 months | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Sex | |||||
Male | 93 (53) | 2 (2) | 6 (7) | 0 (0) | 8 (9) |
Female | 83 (47) | 6 (7) | 6 (7) | 3 (4) | 14 (17) |
Educational status | |||||
No school | 152 (86) | 7 (5) | 12 (8) | 2 (1) | 20 (13) |
Crèche | 15 (8) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 1 (7) | 2 (14) |
Nursery | 8 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Primary | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Patient’s category | |||||
Hospitalized cases | 176 (93) | 8 (5) | 12 (8) | 3 (2) | 22 (14) |
Not hospitalized (emergency) | 12 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
DAYS SPENT IN HOSPITAL N = 176 | |||||
0–3 days | 27 (15) | 1 (4) | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | 6 (22) |
4–6 days | 47 (27) | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 4 (9) |
7–9 days | 79 (44) | 5 (6) | 5 (19) | 3 (4) | 10 (13) |
≥ 10 days | 23 (13) | 0 (0) | 2 (9) | 0 (0) | 2 (9) |
CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS WITH RESPECT TO VIRAL TYPE N = 176 | |||||
Pneumonia | 20 (11) | 2 (10) | 3 (15) | 1 (5) | 6 (30) |
Bronchopneumonia | 92 (52) | 4 (4) | 5 (5) | 0 (0) | 9 (10) |
Bronchiolitis | 11 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Unclassified Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) | 53 (30) | 2 (4) | 4 (8) | 2 (4) | 8 (15) |