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Table 4 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the children with single infection

From: Molecular detection of human enteric viruses circulating among children with acute gastroenteritis in Valencia, Venezuela, before rotavirus vaccine implementation

 

Enterovirus

Calicivirus

Adenovirus

Astrovirus

Klassevirus

Aichi virus

Picobirnavirus

N. of children infected

58

24

8

3

2

0

0

Median age, months

14

11

8

13

0.6

Age group, months

 < 24

45 (77.6)

21 (87.5)

7 (87.5)

3 (100)

2 (100)

 24–60

13 (22.4)

3 (12.5)

1 (12.5)

Gender

 Female

16 (27.6)

9 (37.5)

3 (37.5)

2 (66.7)

1 (50)

 Male

42 (72.4)

15 (62.5)

5 (62.5)

1 (33.3)

1 (50)

Graffar socioeconomic level

 1

 2

1 (4.2)

 3

6 (10.3)

2 (8.3)

1 (12.5)

 4

21 (36.2)

11 (45.8)

4 (50)

1 (33.3)

2 (100)

 5

31 (53.4)

10 (41.7)

3 (37.5)

2 (66.7)

Malnutrition status

 None

43 (74.1)

18 (75.0)

8 (100)

2 (66.7)

2 (100)

 Light

7 (12.1)

5 (20.8)

1 (33.3)

 Mild

8 (13.8)

1 (4.2)

 Severe

Dehydration

 None

51 (87.9)

22 (91.7)

5 (62.5)

3 (100)

1 (50)

 Mild

6 (10.3)

1 (4.2)

3 (37.5)

 Severe

1 (1.7)

1 (4.2)

1 (50)

Type of treatment

 Outpatient

49 (84.5)

20 (83.3)

5 (62.5)

3 (100)

1 (100)

 Inpatient

9 (15.5)

4 (16.7)

3 (37.5)

  1. Data are n (%) of children studied. No significant difference (p > 0.05) related with these variables was observed. Data were analysed using χ2 or Fisher’s exact test (two-tailed, 95% confidence intervals) when the size sample was less than 5 (Epi Info™ 7.1.4.0, CDC Atlanta, GA, USA). The significance of the difference for the ages was calculated by Student’s test. The scale used for the Graffar socioeconomic level was based in a modified methodology described by Méndez Castellano et al. [32]