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Table 2 Comparison of the detection rates of five common enteric virus between January 2019 and December 2022

From: Temporal changes in the positivity rate of common enteric viruses among paediatric admissions in coastal Kenya, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019–2022

 

Total (n = 870)

2019 (n = 314)

2020 (n = 117)

2021 (n = 201)

2022 (n = 238)

P value

Cases

Proportion (95% CI)

Cases

Proportion (95% CI)

Cases

Proportion (95% CI)

Cases

Proportion (95% CI)

Virus

Rotavirus

130 (14.9%)

38

12.1 (8.7–16.2)

2

1.7 (0.2–6.0)

34

16.9 (12.0–22.8)

56

23.5 (18.2–29.4)

< 0.001

Norovirus GII

89 (10.2%)

34

10.8 (7.6–14.8)

19

16.2 (10.0–24.1)

13

6.4 (3.4–10.8)

23

9.6 (6.2–14.1)

0.04

Astrovirus

18 (2.1%)

10

3.1 (1.5–5.7)

0

0

8

3.3 (1.4–6.5)

0.01

Sapovirus

33 (3.8%)

11

3.5 (1.7–6.1)

3

2.5 (0.5–7.3)

7

3.4 (1.4–7.0)

12

5.0 (2.6–8.6)

0.65

Adenovirus F40/41

30 (3.4%)

9

2.8 (1.3– 5.3)

8

6.8 (2.9–13.0)

6

2.9 (1.1–6.3)

7

2.9 (1.1–5.9)

0.19