Epidemiological, clinical and genotypic features of human Metapneumovirus in patients with influenza-like illness in Senegal, 2012 to 2016

Table 3 Human metapneumovirus infection and clinical signs in patients with Influenza like illness in Senegal from 2012 to 2016

Years	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Total	P-values
Total	N = 1213	N = 1519	N = 1931	N = 1718	N = 1828	N = 8209
Positivity (per year)	63 (5.20)	51 (3.36)	96 (4.97)	24 (1.40)	74 (4.05)	308 (3.75)	1.225 ^{e-08 b}
clinical signs,n(%)
Fever	58 (92.06)	51 (100)	96 (100)	24 (100)	74 (100)	303 (98.37)	0.03828 ^a
Cough	53 (84.13)	44 (86.27)	86 (89.58)	24 (100)	69 (93.24)	276 (89.61)	8.094 ^{e-07 a}
Rhinitis	38 (60.32)	40 (78.43)	31 (32.29)	5 (20.83)	10 (13.51)	124 (40.25)	0.6542^a
Myalgia	5 (7.93)	7 (13.72)	12 (12.5)	3 (12.5)	5 (6.75)	32 (10.38)	0.00447 ^a
Pharyngitis	6 (9.52)	5 (9.80)	15 (15.62)	2 (8.33)	7 (9.46)	35 (11.36)	0.09454^a
headache	3 (4.76)	4 (7.84)	7 (7.29)	2 (8.33)	4 (5.4)	20 (6.49)	0.0005 ^a
dyspnea	1 (1.59)	1 (1.96)	3 (3.12)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	5 (1.62)	1^a
vomiting	7 (11.11)	0 (0.00)	6 (6.25)	6 (25)	9 (12.16)	28 (9.09)	0.06528^a
diarrhea	6 (9.52)	0 (0.00)	6 (6.25)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	12 (3.89)	0.1429^a
Asthenia	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	2 (2.7)	2 (0.64)	0.7308^a

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