Respiratory viruses co-infections in HIV-uninfected children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections.

1: Numbers in parenthesis are percentage of total nasopharyngeal aspirates.2: Only one virus detected. Numbers in parenthesis are percentage of positive samples for that virus.3: Numbers in parenthesis are percentage of samples positive for the specific virus in the column co-infected with the virus(es) in the rows.4: Previously-tested by immunofluorescence assay.5: Previously-tested previously by nested-PCR.6: Including previously-tested by immunofluorescence assay (Influenza A, RSV, PIV, adenovirus) and nested-PCR (hMPV).7: 881 patients had specimens available for culture. Bacteria isolated included: WUPyV with Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 2); CoV-NL63 with Micrococcus (n = 1); CoV-OC43 with Streptococcus viridans (n = 1); hRV with Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 4), Haemophilus influenzae type b (n = 2), Klebsiella sp. (n = 2), Streptococcus viridans (n = 1), Enterococcus faecalis (n = 1) and Micrococcus (n = 1); RSV with Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 1), Haemophilus influenzae type b (n = 1) and Micrococcus (n = 1); hMPV with Streptococcus viridans (n = 1); PIV with Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 1), Staphylococcus aureus (n = 1) and Klebsiella sp. (n = 1); Influenza A with Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 1).hBoV: human bocavirus.WUPyV: polyomavirus-WU.KIPyV: polyomavirus-KI.CoV-NL63: coronavirus NL63.CoV-HKU1: coronavirus HKU1.CoV-OC43: coronavirus OC43.CoV-229E: coronavirus 229E.hRV: human rhinovirus.RSV: respiratory syncytial virus.PIV: parainfluenza viruses.hMPV: human metapneumovirus.