Screening for viral pathogens in the gastrointestinal tract from cases of sudden unexpected death in infancy at the Tygerberg Medico-legal Mortuary

Table 2 Prevalence of multiple pathogens detected in the cases and control group

No. of viruses	Virus combinations	SUDI Cases (n = 48)	Controls (n = 3)
Two	NoV GII + RVA AdV-F + RVA NoV GII + AdV-F ASV + RVA NoV GI + RVA ASV + SaV NoV GII + NoV GI Double infections in total (%)	8 8 3 13 1 1 2 36 (75%)	3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (100%)
Three	NoV GII + AdV-F + RVA NoV GII + AdV-F + NoV GI Triple infections in total (%)	10 1 11 (22.9%)	0 0 0 (0%)
Four	ASV + NoV GII + NoV GI + RVA Quadruple infections in total (%)	1 1 (2.1%)	0 0 (0%)

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