Evaluation of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Human Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 among Hospitalized Children in Northwest of Iran

Table 3

Association of symptoms with respiratory syncytial virus infection and parainfluenza 3.

Clinical manifestations of patients	RSV			HPIV
	Positive	Negative	value	Positive	Negative	value
Wheezing			0.003			0.28
Yes	12 (33.3%)	24 (66.7%)		0 (0%)	36 (100%)
No	6 (9.4%)	58 (90.6%)		2 (3.1%)	62 (96.9%)
Fever			0.17			0.33
Yes	10 (14.5%)	59 (85.5%)		2 (2.9%)	67 (97.1%)
No	8 (25.5%)	23 (74.2%)		0 (0.0%)	31 (100%)
Vomiting			0.46			0.79
Yes	6 (14.6%)	35 (85.4%)		1 (2.4%)	40 (97.6%)
No	12 (20.3%)	47 (97.7%)		1 (1.7%)	58 (98.3%)
Diarrhea			0.12			0.23
Yes	1 (5.6%)	17 (94.4%)		1 (5.6%)	17 (94.4%)
No	17 (20.7%)	65 (79.3%)		1 (1.2%)	81 (98.8%)
Pneumonia			0.08			0.25
Yes	6 (31.6%)	13 (68.4%)		1 (5.3%)	18 (94.7%)
No	12 (14.8%)	69 (85.2%)		1 (1.2%)	80 (98.8%)
Cough			0.21			0.39
Yes	11 (15.1%)	62 (84.9%)		2 (2.7%)	72 (97.3%)
No	7 (25.9%)	20 (74.1%)		0 (0%)	26 (100%)
Runny nose			0.10			0.88
Yes	5 (11.1%)	40 (88.9%)		1 (2.2%)	44 (97.8%)
No	13 (23.6%)	42 (76.4%)		1 (1.8%)	54 (98.2%)
Cyanosis			0.63			0.83
Yes	0 (0%)	1 (100%)		0 (0%)	2 (100%)
No	18 (18.2%)	81 (81.8%)		2 (2%)	96 (98%)
Tachypnea			0.005			0.69
Yes	4 (57.1%)	3 (42.9%)		0 (0%)	7 (100%)
No	14 (15.1%)	79 (84.9%)		2 (2.2%)	91 (97.8%)
Shortness of breath			0.85			0.016
Yes	5 (19.2%)	21 (80.8%)		2 (7.7%)	24 (92.3%)
No	14 (17.6%)	61 (82.4%)		0 (0%)	74 (100%)

Abbreviations. RSV: respiratory syncytial virus; HPIV-3: human parainfluenza virus 3.