Journal of Respiratory Medicine / 2014 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
The Epidemiology of Upper Respiratory Infections at a Tertiary Care Center: Prevalence, Seasonality, and Clinical Symptoms Table 1 Prevalence of respiratory pathogens tested in different age groups: July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013. Results of 1,286 nasopharyngeal samples analyzed by multiplex real-time PCR in relation to age group.
Analyte ≤2 years 3–6 years 7–21 years 22–49 years ≥50 years All ages Positivity rate Prevalence (n = 558) Positivity rate Prevalence (n = 201) Positivity rate Prevalence (n = 257) Positivity rate Prevalence (n = 101) Positivity rate Prevalence (n = 169) Positivity rate Prevalence (n = 1,286) Rhino/Entero 152 27.2% 75 37.3% 78 30.4% 9 8.9% 13 7.7% 327 25.4% RSV 141 25.3% 21 10.4% 9 3.5% 1 1.0% 3 1.8% 175 13.6% hMPV 24 4.3% 10 5.0% 8 3.1% 5 5.0% 5 3.0% 52 4.0% Para 1 9 1.6% 3 1.5% 3 1.2% 0 0% 0 0% 15 1.2% Para 2 7 1.3% 6 3.0% 1 0.4% 1 1.0% 0 0% 15 1.2% Para 3 30 5.4% 2 1.0% 6 2.3% 4 4.0% 2 1.2% 44 3.4% Para 4 7 1.3% 2 1.0% 1 0.4% 0 0% 0 0% 10 0.8% Parainfluenza total 53 9.5% 13 6.5% 11 4.3% 5 5.0% 2 1.2% 84 6.5% CoronaV 229E 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 3 1.8% 3 0.2% CoronaV HKU1 1 0.2% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0.6% 2 0.2% CoronaV NL63 4 0.7% 2 1.0% 5 1.9% 0 0% 0 0% 11 0.9% CoronaV OC43 22 3.9% 3 1.5% 2 0.8% 2 2.0% 7 4.1% 36 2.8% Coronavirus total 27 4.8% 5 2.5% 7 2.7% 2 2.0% 11 6.5% 52 4.0% Adenovirus 16 2.9% 5 2.5% 3 1.2% 0 0% 1 0.6% 25 1.9% Influenza A total 28 5.0% 22 10.9% 16 6.2% 4 4.0% 10 5.9% 80 6.2% FluA/H3 28 5.0% 19 9.5% 15 5.8% 3 3.0% 9 5.3% 74 5.8% FluA/2009 H1 0 0% 3 1.5% 1 0.4% 1 1.0% 1 0.6% 6 0.5% Influenza B 3 0.5% 6 3.0% 7 2.7% 4 4.0% 5 3.0% 25 1.9% C. pneumoniae 1 0.2% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0.08% M. pneumoniae 4 0.7% 2 1.0% 1 0.4% 0 0% 1 0.6% 8 0.6% B. pertussis 1 0.2% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0.08% Total positive: one or more analytes 390 69.9% 145 72.1% 131 51.0% 30 29.7% 50 29.6% 746 58.0%