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Table 2 Clinical manifestations of rotavirus and norovirus positive cases

From: Epidemiology and clinical features of rotavirus and norovirus infection among children in Ji’nan, China

Features

Patients n = 767

Outpatients n = 502

Inpatients n = 265

Rotavirus(+)

Norovirus(+)

Rotavirus(+)

Norovirus(+)

Rotavirus(+)

Norovirus(+)

263

80

153

58

110

22

Diarrhea alone

39 (14.8%)

11 (13.8%)

38 (24.8%)

11 (18.9%)

1 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

With vomiting

232 (88.2%)

54 (67.5%)

131 (85.6%)

38 (65.5%)

101 (91.8%)

16 (72.7%)

With fever Watery stool

208 (79.1%) 53 (34.6%)

37 (46.3%) 22 (37.9%)

114 (74.5%) 48 (43.6%)

25 (43.1%) 8 (36.4%)

94 (85.5%) 101 (38.4%)

12 (54.4%) 30 (37.5%)

Diarrhea (episodes/day)

5.08 ± 1.85

4.99 ± 1.55

4.34 ± 1.12

4.55 ± 1.10

6.10 ± 2.15

6.14 ± 1.96

3-4 epi/day

124 (47.1%)

35 (43.8%)

95 (62.1%)

31 (53.4%)

29 (26.4%)

4 (18.2%)

5-6 epi/day

95 (36.1%)

37 (46.3%)

57 (37.3%)

27 (46.6%)

38 (34.5%)

10 (45.5%)

> = 7 epi/day

44 (16.7%)

8 (10.0%)

1 (0.6%)

0 (0.0%)

43 (39.1%)

8 (36.3%)

Vomiting (episodes/day)

2.61 ± 1.35

2.20 ± 1.47

2.21 ± 1.10

1.89 ± 1.13

3.16 ± 1.52

2.94 ± 1.91

1-2 epi/day

127 (54.7%)

36 (66.7%)

92 (70.2%)

27 (71.1%)

35 (34.7%)

9 (52.7%)

3-4 epi/day

85 (36.6%)

15 (27.8%)

36 (27.5%)

10 (26.3%)

49 (48.5%)

5 (37.6%)

> = 5 epi/day

20 (8.6%)

3 (5.5%)

3 (2.3%)

1 (2.6%)

17 (16.8%)

2 (12.5%)

Fever degree (°C)

38.0 ± 0.65

37.8 ± 0.62

37.9 ± 0.60

37.7 ± 0.56

38.3 ± 0.64

38.1 ± 0.70

<37.5°C

70 (33.7%)

19 (51.4%)

50 (43.9%)

14 (56.0%)

20 (21.3%)

5 (41.7%)

37.5-38.5°C

77 (37.0%)

11 (29.7%)

43 (37.7%)

8 (32.0%)

34 (36.2%)

3 (25.0%)

>38.5°C

61 (29.3%)

7 (18.9%)

21 (18.4%)

3 (12.0%)

40 (42.5%)

4 (33.3%)