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Table 6 Viral concordance rates between the middle ear and nasopharynx of cases. The concordance rate is the number of cases where the virus was identified in both the MEF and NPS out of the total number of cases where the virus was detected at all

From: A microbiome case-control study of recurrent acute otitis media identified potentially protective bacterial genera

Virusa

IFV

HAdV

HBoV

RSV

HCoV

HPIV

HMPV

RV

Cases with virus in MEF

1 (50.0%)

3 (14.3%)

0 (0%)

10 (40.0%)

13 (48.1%)

3 (42.9%)

4 (33.3%)

38 (48.7%)

Cases with virus in NPS

1 (50.0%)

18 (85.7%)

0 (0%)

15 (60.0%)

14 (51.9%)

4 (57.1%)

8 (66.7%)

40 (51.3%)

Concordance rate

0/2 (0%)

2/19 (10.5%)

0/0 (0%)

6/19 (31.6%)

5/22 (22.7%)

1/6 (16.7%)

3/9 (33.3%)

24/54 (44.4%)

  1. a Viral abbreviations: IFV Influenza virus, HAdV Adenovirus, HBoV Human bocavirus, RSV Respiratory syncytial virus, HCoV Human coronavirus, HPIV Parainfluenza virus, HMPV Human metapneumovirus, RV Rhinovirus