Prevalence of non-influenza respiratory viruses in acute respiratory infection cases in Mexico

Fernandes-Matano, Larissa; Monroy-Muñoz, Irma Eloísa; Angeles-Martínez, Javier; Sarquiz-Martinez, Brenda; Palomec-Nava, Iliana Donají; Pardavé-Alejandre, Hector Daniel; Santos Coy-Arechavaleta, Andrea; Santacruz-Tinoco, Clara Esperanza; González-Ibarra, Joaquín; González-Bonilla, Cesar Raúl; Muñoz-Medina, José Esteban

Of the 872 samples analysed, 451 were from males (51.7%) and 421 were from females (48.3%). The average age was 41 years, with minimum and maximum extremes of 0 and 101 years, respectively. The population was divided into 4 age groups based on the age ranges included on the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS; Mexican Social Security Institute) health cards. According to this stratification, the samples were distributed as follows: 265 samples corresponded to children 0-9 years of age (30.4%), 28 to young people 10-19 years of age (3.2%), 263 to adults 20-59 years of age (30.2%), and 316 to adults 60 years and older (36.2%). (Table 2) . UnintentionallyA, the analysed samples were collected from patients from three geographical areas of the country as follows: the north zone (Baja California, Baja California Sur, 25.9% of the samples (Fig 1) . Additionally, these data were analysed based on the age groups (S2 Table and S1 File) .