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Table 2 Age distribution comparison of respiratory virus infection in hospitalized children with ARIs between 2018–2019 and 2020–2022

From: Analysis of respiratory virus detection in hospitalized children with acute respiratory infection during the COVID-19 pandemic

Year

Age Group (Y)

Total number of cases

Percentage of virus-positive specimens [n(%)]

Total positive cases

ADV

RSV

Flu A

Flu B

PIV-1

PIV-2

PIV-3

2018–2019

infant (0~<1)

2688

4(0.15)

352(13.10)

29(1.08)

12(0.45)

17(0.63)

19(0.71)

103(3.83)

536(19.94)

child (1~<3)

1223

10(0.82)

76(6.21)

19(1.55)

7(0.57)

10(0.82)

5(0.41)

46(3.76)

173(14.15)

preschool (3~<7)

989

22(2.22)

41(4.15)

7(0.71)

13(1.31)

6(0.61)

6(0.61)

10(1.01)

105(10.62)

school age (7~<14)

121

0(0.00)

2(1.65)

1(0.83)

3(2.48)

0(0.00)

1(0.83)

0(0.00)

7(5.79)

 

χ2

 

38.241

98.442

3.486

12.087

0.654

1.622

29.137

63.322

 

P

 

0.000

0.000

0.286

0.006

0.848

0.585

0.000

0.000

Year

Age Group(Y)

Total number of cases

Percentage of virus-positive specimens [n(%)]

Total positive cases

ADV

RSV

Flu A

Flu B

PIV-1

PIV-2

PIV-3

2020–2022

infant (0~<1)

2311

2(0.09)

443(19.17)

13(0.56)

8(0.35)

9(0.39)

4(0.17)

56(2.42)

535(23.15)

child (1~<3)

1256

5(0.40)

119(9.47)

19(1.51)

3(0.24)

11(0.88)

0(0.00)

16(1.27)

173(13.77)

preschool (3~<7)

1036

7(0.68)

58(5.60)

20(1.93)

1(0.10)

2(0.19)

0(0.00)

11(1.06)

99(9.56)

school age (7~<14)

158

0(0.00)

1(0.63)

2(1.27)

1(0.63)

0(0.00)

1(0.63)

0(0.00)

5(3.16)

 

χ2

 

9.470

162.647

14.223

2.445

7.303

7.627

13.465

77.955

 

P

 

0.024

0.000

0.003

0.458

0.063

0.054

0.004

0.000