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Table 5 Viral identification rates in the nasopharynx of cases and controls. The identification rate is the percentage of positive samples out of the total number of samples collected for that group

From: A microbiome case-control study of recurrent acute otitis media identified potentially protective bacterial genera

Virus a

Case NPS (n = 93)

Control NPS (n = 103)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

P-value

IFV

1 (1.1%)

2 (1.9%)

–

–

HAdV

18 (19.4%)

6 (5.8%)

3.9 (1.5, 10.3)

0.004

HBoV

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

–

–

RSV

15 (16.1%)

2 (1.9%)

9.6 (2.2, 60.5)

0.0005

HCoV

14 (15.1%)

5 (4.9%)

3.5 (1.1, 10.4)

0.03

HPIV

4 (4.3%)

4 (3.9%)

1.1 (0.3, 4.8)

1

HMPV

8 (8.6%)

0 (0%)

–

–

RV

40 (43.0%)

35 (34.0%)

1.5 (0.8, 2.6)

0.2

Total

57 (61.3%)

54 (47.6%)

1.4 (0.8, 2.6)

0.2

  1. a Viral abbreviations: IFV Influenza virus, HAdV Adenovirus, HBoV Human bocavirus, RSV Respiratory syncytial virus, HCoV Human coronavirus, HPIV Parainfluenza virus, HMPV Human metapneumovirus, RV Rhinovirus