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Table 2 The rate of pathogens identified in hospitalized children with acute respiratory infection before and after the abolition of NPIs

From: Epidemiology of respiratory infections during the different levels of non-pharmaceutical interventions

Pathogen assay

Before

(n = 10204)

After

(n = 17647)

P

Negative

2683(26.3)

3468(19.7)

<0.01

Single pathogen

6261(61.4)

10,395(58.9)

<0.01

Multiple pathogen

1260(12.3)

3784(21.4)

<0.01

P

<0.01

<0.01

 
  1. Notes: The data presented as n (%). The chi-square test for categorical variables