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Table 4 Prevalence of viral co-infections among children under 5 years old

From: Viral etiology and seasonality of influenza-like illness in Gabon, March 2010 to June 2011

Viral infection

Single infections (N = 378) n(%)

Coinfections (N = 174) n(%)

p value

Total (N = 552) n(%)

95% CI

AdV

70(18.6)

72(41.4)

<0.0001

142(25.7)

22.1-29.3

EV

44(11.6)

75(43.1)

<0.0001

119(21.6)

18.2-25.0

RSV

77(20.4)

32(18.4)

0.66

109(19.7)

16.4-23.0

HRV

32(8.5)

45(25.9)

<0.0001

77(13.9)

11.0-16.8

A(H1N1)pdm09

37(9.8)

18(10.3)

0.96

55(10.0)

7.5-12.5

PIV3

27(7.1)

31(17.8)

0.00

58(10.5)

7.9-13.1

SIB

25(6.6)

16(9.2)

0.36

41(7.4)

5.2-9.6

HCoV-OC43

18(4.8)

15(8.6)

0.11

33(6.0)

4.0-8.0

PIV1

9(2.4)

20(11.5)

<0.0001

29(5.3)

3.4-7.2

PIV4

11(2.9)

15(8.6)

0.01

26(4.7)

2.9-6.5

PIV2

7(1.8)

16(9.2)

0.00

23(4.2)

2.5-5.9

hMPV

11(2.9)

4(2.3)

0.89

15(2.7)

1.3-4.1

HCoV-NL63

6(1.6)

6(3.4)

0.28

12(2.2)

1.0-3.4

HCoV-HKU1

2(0.5)

8(4.6)

0.00

10(1.8)

0.7-2.9

HCoV-229E

2(0.5)

4(2.3)

0.15

6(1.1)

0.2-2.0

HPeV

0(0.0)

5(2.9)

0.00

5(0.9)

0.1-1.7

SIA

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

-

0(0.0)

-

  1. AdV: adenovirus, EV: enterovirus, RSV: respiratory syncytial virus, HRV: human rhinovirus, A(H1N1) pdm09: pandemic influenza virus A, SIA : seasonal influenza virus A, SIB: seasonal influenza virus B, PIV1-4: parainfluenza virus 1–4, HCoV: human coronavirus, hMPV: human metapneumovirus, HPeV: human parechovirus.