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Table 3 Detection rate of RSV and RV in all collected samples

From: Small quantities of respiratory syncytial virus RNA only in large droplets around infants hospitalized with acute respiratory infections

Sample

# of samples obtained

# of samples positive

Total viral RNA

Infectious virus

Nasopharyngeal aspirates

21

21

8

Nose swabs parents

21

8

–

 Mother

11

3

–

 Father

10

5

–

Air samples

34

7

–

 RSV

26

4

–

 RV

8

3

–

Surface swabs

11

–

–

 Bedrail

5

–

–

 Datalogger

6

–

–

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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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