Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022
Synopsis
Seasonality of Common Human Coronaviruses, United States, 2014–20211
Melisa M. Shah
, Amber Winn, Rebecca M. Dahl, Krista L. Kniss, Benjamin J. Silk, and Marie E. Killerby
, Amber Winn, Rebecca M. Dahl, Krista L. Kniss, Benjamin J. Silk, and Marie E. Killerby
Table 2
Percentage positivity of the 4 common HCoVs, by patient sex and age categories, Public Health Laboratory Interoperability Project, United States, July 2014-November 2021
| Patient category |
HCoV, no. detected/no. tested (%) |
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| Any |
OC43 |
NL63 |
HKU1 |
229E |
|
| Total |
5,204/82,768 (6.3) |
2,056/82,768 (2.5) |
1,519/82,768 (1.8) |
962/8,276 (1.2) |
732/82,768 (0.9) |
| Sex | |||||
| F | 2,284/36,880 (6.2) | 902/36,880 (2.4) | 680/36,880 (1.8) | 433/36,880 (1.2) | 294/36,880 (0.8) |
| M |
2,617/43,694 (6.0) |
1,025/43,694 (2.3) |
767/43,694 (1.8) |
499/43,694 (1.1) |
363/43,694 (0.8) |
| Age group, y* | |||||
| <1 | 578/4,788 (12.1) | 271/4,788 (5.7) | 144/4,788 (3.0) | 110/4,788 (2.3) | 62/4,788 (1.3) |
| 1–5 | 795/9,501 (8.4) | 349/9,501 (3.7) | 271/9,501 (2.9) | 146/9,501 (1.5) | 47/9,501 (0.5) |
| 6–17 | 517/9,568 (5.4) | 147/9,568 (1.5) | 207/9,568 (2.2) | 92/9,568 (1.0) | 77/9,568 (0.8) |
| 18–65 | 2,738/50,240 (5.4) | 994/50,240 (2.0) | 781/50,240 (1.6) | 566/50,240 (1.1) | 425/50,240 (0.8) |
| >65 | 364/7,092 (5.1) | 198/7,092 (2.8) | 77/7,092 (1.1) | 35/7,092 (0.5) | 57/7,092 (0.8) |
*Mean age (± SD), y: any, 25.8 (± 22.7); OC43, 27.3 (± 25.3); NL63, 22.9 (± 20.5); HKU1, 24.0 (± 19.8); 229E, 29.9 (± 21.8). HCoV, human coronavirus.
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the IDWeek Virtual Conference 2021,
September 29–October 3, 2021.
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