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Table 1 Incidence/100,000-person years for hospital acquired and community acquired RSV, PIV-1, PIV-2 and PIV-3, AV, Inf-A, Inf-B and hMPV among of children with ARTI compared to overall incidence

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Childhood nosocomial viral acute respiratory tract infections in teaching hospital Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Age group (months)

Viral aetiologies

p value and comments

RSV

PIV-1

PIV-2

PIV-3

AV

Inf-A

Inf-B

hMPV

Nosocomial

8.41

0.18

0.44

0.10

0.67

0.54

0.03

0.30

Compared to other viruses, nosocomial RSV was significantly common (p = 0.001); All of community acquired viral ARTI was significantly higher than nosocomial viral infections

CA

22.82

1.21

2.01

1.20

2.13

1.01

1.03

1.01

Period prevalence over 1 year

31.33

1.39

2.45

1.30

2.80

1.55

1.06

1.31

  1. Community acquired (CA), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), adeno (AV), parainfluenza 1, 2 and 3 (PIV 1, 2 and 3), influenza A (Inf A) and B (Inf B) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV)
  2. p < 0.05 was taken as significant