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Table 2 Distribution of FluA and B positivities over the 6 years

From: Influenza viruses circulation in a tertiary care children hospital in Rome: a comparison between 2022 and the previous 5 years

Year

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Requests

5386

6697

7435

5777

5137

6350

FluA positive (%)

231 (4.3)

198 (3.0)

287 (3.9)

193 (3.3)

2 (0.04)

234 (3.7)

FluB positive (%)

48 (0.9)

127 (1.9)

9 (0.1)

187 (3.2)

0

5 (0.1)

Flu positive* (%)

279 (5.2)

325 (4.9)

296 (4.0)

380 (6.5)

2 (0.04)

239 (3.8)

Flu positive pts

278

322

296

377

2

237

  1. * FluA and FluB positivities were considered separately, so the number of influenza viruses detected (Flu positive) does not always correspond to the positive patients (Flu positive pts), due to cases of FluA plus FluB co-infection