Volume 12, Number 9—September 2006
Dispatch
Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease in Children, Yemen
Najla Al-Sonboli*†, Charles E. Hart‡, Nasher Al-Aghbari*†, Ahmed Al-Ansi†, Omar Ashoor§, and Luis E. Cuevas*
Table
Characteristics of children with mild and severe hypoxia caused by infection with RSV and HMPV*
| Characteristic | RSV hypoxia |
HMPV hypoxia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild (n = 34) | Severe (n = 232) | p value | Mild (n = 20) | Severe (n = 46) | p value | |
| Male | 22 (65) | 154 (66) | 0.4 | 17 (85) | 30 (65) | 0.08 |
| Mean (SD) age, mo. | 7.9 (5.6) | 4.2 (4.8) | <0.001 | 9.1 (5.9) | 5.7 (5.4) | 0.02 |
| Preterm | 1 (3) | 11 (5) | 0.5 | 1 (5) | 3 (7) | 0.6 |
| Height-for-age Z scores <–2 | 13 (38) | 73 (32) | 0.2 | 12 (60) | 19 (41.3) | 0.08 |
| Not exclusively breastfed | 12 (35) | 136 (59) | 0.01 | 15 (75) | 23 (50) | 0.1 |
| Incomplete vaccinations | 7 (21) | 178 (77) | <0.001 | 4 (20) | 30 (65) | <0.001 |
| Recurrent ARI | 6 (18) | 40 (17) | 0.4 | 2 (10) | 15 (33) | 0.04 |
| Recurrent wheeze | 1 (3) | 12 (5) | 0.4 | 0 (0) | 5 (11) | 0.1 |
| Eczema | 1 (3) | 11 (5) | 0.5 | 1 (5) | 1 (2) | 0.5 |
| Asthma | 1 (3) | 1 (0.4) | 0.2 | 0 | 3 (7) | 0.3 |
| CHD | 0 | 2 (1) | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Family member with ARI | 18 (53) | 165 (71) | 0.02 | 7 (35) | 28 (61) | 0.03 |
| Family member with allergies | 3 (9) | 29 (13) | 0.3 | 4 (20) | 4 (9) | 0.1 |
| Family member with asthma | 5 (15) | 24 (10) | 0.2 | 1 (5) | 5 (11) | 0.4 |
| Family member with eczema | 3 (9) | 11 (5) | 0.2 | 1 (5) | 5 (11) | 0.4 |
| Smoker at home | 9 (27) | 120 (52) | 0.002 | 10 (50) | 28 (61) | 0.2 |
| Indoor animals | 9 (27) | 97 (42) | 0.04 | 4 (20) | 15 (33) | 0.2 |
| Cows | 1 (3) | 52 (22) | 0.003 | 0 (0) | 9 (20) | 0.02 |
| Goats | 6 (18) | 69 (30) | 0.07 | 1 (5) | 7 (15) | 0.2 |
| Chicken | 3 (9) | 39 (17) | 0.1 | 2 (10) | 7 (15) | 0.4 |
| Cats | 3 (9) | 26 (11) | 0.4 | 3 (15 ) | 7 (15) | 0.6 |
| Dogs | 0 | 8 (3) | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Donkeys | 0 | 32 (10) | 0.03 | 0 | 4 (9) | 0.2 |
| Outdoor animals | 2 (6) | 88 (38) | <0.001 | 1 (5) | 14 (30) | 0.01 |
| Private source of water | 11 (32) | 138 (60) | 0.002 | 5 (25) | 22 (47) | 0.04 |
| Cooking fuel other than gas | 2 (6) | 128 (55) | <0.001 | 2 (10) | 23 (50) | 0.001 |
*Values are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated. RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; HMPV, human metapneumovirus; SD, standard deviation; ARI, acute respiratory illness; CHD, congenital heart disease.
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