2.1 Demographic characteristics and RSV detection
From March 1, 2015, to February 29,
2019, a total of 29,923 cases were included in this study, of whom 8,586
(29%) were with AURTI, 16,121 (54%) were with non-severe
community-acquired pneumonia (NSCAP), 4,139 (14%) were with severe
community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP), and 1074 (4%) were with bronchitis
(3 had missing final diagnostic information). Male (16, 668; 56%) and
female (13,162; 44%) patients were included in this study (93 missing
gender information). The youngest was 1 month old, and the oldest was
104 years old with a median age of 38 years old (120 patients missing
age information).
Of all included patients, RSV was detected in 623 (2%), including 92
(15% of 623 RSV infections)
patients with AURTI, 429 (69%) with NSCAP, and 92 (15%) with SCAP
(diagnostic information was not found for 10). Among these patients with
RSV, 352 (57%) were male, 267 (43%) were female (4 missing gender
information), the minimum age was 1 month old, and the maximum was 101
years old with a median age of 4 years old (age information was not
found for three).
Of the 623 RSV-positive cases, 391 (62.8%) were identified as RSV-A,
126 (20.2%) as RSV-B, and 106 (17.0%) were not identified
successfully.