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Table 1 Comparison of positive rates of 11 respiratory pathogens in 2019 and 2020, the detection rate of InfA was 5.6% in 2019, but none in 2020

From: Comparison of 11 respiratory pathogens among hospitalized children before and during the COVID-19 epidemic in Shenzhen, China

Pathogens

2019

N = 2298

2020

N = 3398

X2

P

Human rhinovirus (HRV)

961 (41.8%)

873 (25.6%)

163.3277

0.000

Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP)

460 (20%)

37 (1.0%)

616.7384

0.000

Human parainfluenza virus (HPIV)

229 (9.9%)

530 (15.5%)

37.6529

0.000

Human adenovirus (AdV)

206 (8.9%)

77 (2.2%)

130.2703

0.000

Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

152 (6.6%)

683 (20.1%)

199.2841

0.000

Influenza A virus (InfA)

130 (5.6%)

0

196.7177

0.000

Human bocavirus (HBoV)

87 (3.7%)

152 (4.4%)

1.6111

0.2040

Human coronavirus (HCoV)

66 (2.8%)

123 (3.6%)

2.3891

0.1222

Chlamydia (Ch)

29 (1.2%)

22 (0.6%)

5.8343

0.0157

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV)

12 (0.5%)

247 (7.2%)

143.7734

0.000

Influenza B virus (InfB)

3 (0.1%)

1 (< 0.1%)

0.8164

0.3662

  1. In contrast, the detection rates of RSV, HPIV, and HMPV in 2020 increased compared with those in 2019, other pathogens, such as HBoV, InfB, and HCoV, showed similar detection rates between 2019 and 2020