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Table 3 Detection rate of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among positive specimens in different years (2017–2021)

From: Molecular epidemiology and characteristics of respiratory syncytial virus among hospitalized children in Guangzhou, China

Year

Total specimens

Total positive rate for respiratory viruses

Detection rate for seven respiratory viruses among positive specimens (Total number of positive specimens for each virus/ Total number of positive specimens)

IFB

RSV

AdV

IFA

PIV1

PIV2

PIV3

2017

602

61 (9.8%)

11 (18.03%)

29 (47.54%)

5 (8.19%)

0 (0.00%)

7 (11.47%)

1 (1.64%)

8 (13.11%)

2018

2053

321 (15.64%)

32 (9.97%)

119 (37.07%)

52 (16.19%)

52 (16.19%)

28 (8.72%)

4 (1.25%)

34 (10.59%)

2019

1926

394 (20.46%)

44 (11.17%)

103 (26.14%)

73 (18.53%)

101 (25.63%)

12 (3.05%)

13 (3.30%)

48 (12.18%)

2020

716

160 (22.35%)

3 (1.87%)

80 (50%)

6 (3.75%)

26 (16.25%)

30 (18.75%)

0 (0.00%)

15 (9.37%)

2021

1202

112 (9.32%)

11 (9.82%)

72 (64.28%)

3 (2.67%)

1 (0.89%)

6 (5.36%)

1 (0.89%)

18 (16.07%)

Total

6499

1048 (16.12%)

101 (9.64%)

403 (38.45%)

139 (13.26%)

180 (17.17%)

83 (7.92%)

19 (1.81%)

123 (11.74%)

  1. IFA Influenza A virus IFB, influenza B virus, PIV1 parainfluenza virus type 1, PIV2 parainfluenza virus type 2, PIV3 parainfluenza virus type 3, AdV adenovirus, RSV respiratory syncytial virus