Research Article

Patterns of Human Respiratory Viruses and Lack of MERS-Coronavirus in Patients with Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Southwestern Province of Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Summary of demography characteristics of patients with upper respiratory tract infection in the community in Jazan province, Saudi Arabia.

VariableInfectedAll subjects
Number (%)Number (%)

Total number75 (41.2)182 (100)
Gender
 Male54 (72.0)131 (72.0)
 Female21 (28.0)51 (28.0)
Nationality
 Saudi63 (84.0)155 (85.2)
 Non-Saudi12 (16.0)27 (14.8)
Smoking
 Yes13 (17.3)33 (18.1)
 No62 (82.7)149 (81.9)
Age group (years)
 <1526 (34.7)62 (34.1)
 15–2416 (21.3)48 (26.4)
 25–3415 (20.0)40 (22.0)
 35–4413 (17.3)21 (11.5)
 >455 (6.7)11 (6.0)
Healthcare center
 Center 12 (2.7)2 (1.1)
 Center 210 (13.3)19 (10.4)
 Center 336 (48.0)68 (37.4)
 Center 422 (29.3)87 (47.8)
 Center 55 (6.7)6 (3.3)

Center 1 (Al Rowdah District, North), Center 2 (Al Rowdah District, South), Center 3 (Area 5), Center 4 (Al Safa District), and Center 5 (Al Shatea District).