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Table 4 Clinical features among HMPV-positive hospitalized children

From: Epidemiology and genotypic diversity of human metapneumovirus in paediatric patients with acute respiratory infection in Beijing, China

Clinical diagnoses and characteristics

Single infection

NO. (%) (n = 33)

Co-infection

NO. (%) (n = 19)

Total

NO. (%) (n = 52)

p

Bronchitis

14 (42.4)

9 (47.4)

23 (44.2)

0.730a

Pneumonia

19 (57.6)

10 (52.6)

29 (55.8)

 

Abnormal chest radiograph

31 (94.0)

18 (94.7)

49 (94.2)

1.000b

Hospitalization > 7d

5 (15.2)

6 (31.6)

11 (21.2)

0.296b

Fever (≥ 38℃)

29 (87.9)

18 (94.7)

47 (90.4)

0.641c

Convulsion

1 (3.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.9)

1.000c

Shiver

9 (27.3)

2 (10.5)

11 (21.2)

0.284b

Cough

33 (100.0)

18 (94.7)

51 (98.1)

0.365c

Nasal obstruction

7 (21.2)

3 (15.8)

10 (19.2)

0.910b

Rhinorrhoea

14 (42.4)

10 (52.6)

24 (46.2)

0.477a

Sneeze

8 (24.2)

6 (31.6)

14 (26.9)

0.566a

Vomit

7 (21.2)

1 (5.3)

8 (15.4)

0.256b

Diarrhea

1 (3.0)

1 (5.3)

2 (3.9)

1.000c

  1. aχ2-test
  2. bContinuity correction
  3. cFisher’s exact test