Research Article

Epidemiology of Respiratory Pathogens among Elderly Nursing Home Residents with Acute Respiratory Infections in Corsica, France, 2013–2017

Table 2

The number and percentage of respiratory pathogens detected in the 107 elderly nursing home residents with acute respiratory infections swabbed during the four winter seasons of surveillance (2013/2014–2016/2017).

Respiratory pathogensTotal
%

Positive for any virus6157
Influenza A and B4138.3
 Influenza A(H3N2)3835.5
 Influenza B/Victoria32.8
Respiratory viruses other than influenza2018.6
 Human rhinovirus109.3
 Human coronavirus43.7
 Human metapneumovirus32.8
 Respiratory syncytial virus32.8
 Human bocavirus00
 Human adenovirus00
 Human parechovirus00
 Enterovirus00
 Human parainfluenza00
 Mycoplasma pneumoniae00
Coinfections00