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Table 1 Basic information of outbreaks in two schools, 2018

From: An outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis caused by human adenovirus type 8 in primary school, southwest China

Variables

County ethnic primary school

Township central primary school

P value

Number of students (staff) in school

515(44)

730(54)

 

Number of cases among students (staff)

170(1)

159(1)

 

Number of classes (grades) in school

12(3)

19(6)

 

Number of classes (grades) case occurred

12(3)

19(6)

 

Average (max, min) number of cases in class

14.17(29,2)

8.32(20,1)

 

Date of onset for index case (date/month)

18/5

23/5

 

Date of onset for last case (date/month)

10/7

6/7

 

Epidemic duration (day)

54

45

 

Number of cases (attack rate %)

171(30.59)

160(20.41)

<0.001

Disease course (day)- average (max, min)

–

9.40(7, 23)

 

Characteristic of cases

 Gender (%)

  

<0.001

  male

89(52.05)

117(73.12)

 

  female

82(47.95)

43(26.88)

 

 Age- median (max, min)

12.34(9.91, 29.53)

11.00(7, 37)

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