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Table 1 Detection of respiratory pathogens by real-time PCR

From: Epidemiology and clinical presentation of the four human parainfluenza virus types

Pathogens#

Number of positive samples with potential pathogens*

Detection rate (%)

HPIV-1

HPIV-2

HPIV-3

HPIV-4

infA

infB

RSV

ADV

HMPV

HBoV

EV

229E

OC43

NL63

HKU1

MP

CP

HPIV-1

58

2

2

0

3

0

6

0

0

3

6

1

3

1

0

6

0

1.2

HPIV-2

 

19

2

0

1

0

6

0

1

0

1

2

3

0

0

2

0

0.4

HPIV-3

  

99

0

4

3

5

2

2

5

5

0

4

1

0

9

0

2.1

HPIV-4

   

8

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0.2

infA

    

833

9

28

9

5

6

17

6

14

2

5

16

0

17.5

infB

     

201

4

0

5

1

5

0

0

0

0

4

0

4.2

RSV

      

524

11

7

8

44

6

3

5

1

13

1

11.0

ADV

       

151

3

4

10

4

4

4

1

5

0

3.2

HMPV

        

164

2

7

2

4

1

0

5

0

3.4

HBoV

         

103

7

0

3

1

3

10

0

2.2

EV

          

226

3

6

5

0

9

0

4.8

229E

           

35

6

2

0

1

0

0.7

OC43

            

88

2

0

6

0

1.9

NL63

             

33

0

1

1

0.7

HKU1

              

20

5

0

0.4

MP

               

274

0

5.8

CP

                

7

0.1

1 pathogen

35

7

66

4

726

171

392

107

125

57

124

13

43

14

8

196

5

44.0

2 pathogens

18

8

23

4

92

29

104

31

33

32

80

15

30

13

9

65

2

12.4

≥3 pathogens

5

4

10

0

15

1

28

13

6

14

22

7

15

6

3

13

0

3.4

  1. #HPIV: human parainfluenza virus, infA: influenza A virus, infB: influenza B virus, RSV: respiratory syncytial virus, ADV: adenovirus, HMPV: human metapneumovirus, HBoV: human bocavirus, EV: enterovirus, 229E: human coronavirus 229E, OC43: human coronavirus OC43, NL63: human coronavirus NL63, HKU1: human coronavirus HKU1, MP: Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and CP: Chlamydophila pneumoniae.
  2. *Boldface indicates total numbers of pathogens detected. Note: multiple pathogens were isolated from some samples.
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