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Table 2 RT-PCR results by age group and overall

From: The 2017–2018 influenza season in Bucharest, Romania: epidemiology and characteristics of hospital admissions for influenza-like illness

Category

< 1 y

N = 39

1–2 y

N = 111

3–4 y

N = 77

5–13 y

N = 103

14–17 y

N = 7

18–64 y

N = 135

≥65 y

N = 30

Overall

N = 502

Laboratory-confirmed influenza

19 (48.7)

46 (41.4)

42 (54.5)

66 (64.1)

5 (71.4)

66 (48.9)

15 (50.0)

259 (51.6)

Influenza A

7 (17.9)

18 (16.2)

28 (36.4)

15 (14.6)

0 (0.0)

16 (11.9)

3 (10.0)

87 (17.3)

 A/H1

6 (15.4)

15 (13.5)

22 (28.6)

10 (9.7)

0 (0.0)

5 (3.7)

1 (3.3)

59 (11.8)

 A/H3

1 (2.6)

1 (0.9)

4 (5.2)

3 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

6 (4.4)

0 (0.0)

15 (3.0)

 A/not subtyped

0 (0.0)

2 (1.8)

2 (2.6)

2 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

5 (3.7)

2 (6.7)

13 (2.6)

Influenza B

12 (30.8)

28 (25.2)

14 (18.2)

51 (49.5)

5 (71.4)

50 (37.0)

12 (40.0)

172 (34.3)

 B/Yamagata

6 (15.4)

14 (12.6)

8 (10.4)

29 (28.2)

2 (28.6)

22 (16.3)

4 (13.3)

85 (16.9)

 B/Victoria

0 (0.0)

2 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

6 (5.8)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

9 (1.8)

 B/not characterized

6 (15.4)

12 (10.8)

6 (7.8)

16 (15.5)

3 (42.9)

27 (20.0)

8 (26.7)

78 (15.5)

Laboratory-confirmed RSV

9 (23.1)

19 (17.1)

11 (14.3)

5 (4.9)

0 (0.0)

2 (1.5)

2 (6.7)

48 (9.6)a

  1. Abbreviations: RSV Respiratory syncytial virus, RT-PCR Real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction
  2. a Six patients had RSV and influenza B coinfection