Table 2 The presence of TTMV-G1–3, TTVG4 and parasitic or bacterial co-infections in cerebrospinal fluid and serum of the hospitalized febrile pediatric patients.

From: Viral metagenomics revealed novel betatorquevirus species in pediatric inpatients with encephalitis/meningoencephalitis from Ghana

Patient ID

Age (in months)

Gender

TTMV-G1

TTMV-G2

TTMV-G3

TTV-G4

P. falciparum count/µl

Blood culture isolate

CSF culture isolate

700611

24

female

CSF

130380

700620

36

male

CSF

SER0, CSF

700639

13

female

SER0, CSF

61740

700684

39

male

CSF

81224

700742

2

male

CSF

700831

55

female

CSF

SER0, SER28

241604

700835

159

male

SER0, SER28, CSF

SER0, SER28

CSF

SER0, SER28, CSF

S. pneumoniae

700886

2

female

CSF

SER0, CSF

SER0, CSF

CSF

S. pneumoniae

700907

20

female

SER0, SER28

SER0, SER28, CSF

26405

701098

30

male

SER0, CSF

SER0

139832

701157

38

female

SER0, CSF

351720

701196

144

female

CSF

S. pneumoniae

S. pneumoniae

701800

66

male

SER0, CSF

CSF

SER0

H. influenzae

H. influenzae

700199

11

male

CSF

130380

  1. CSF - cerebrospinal fluid was collected at day 0 which corresponds to the first day of hospitalization; SER0 and SER28 are serum samples collected at first day of hospitalization and 28 days after initiating antimalarial and/or antibiotics treatment. P. falciparum - Plasmodium falciparum; S. pneumoniae - Streptococcus pneumoniae; H. influenzae - Haemophilus influenzae.