Symptoms information
One hundred sixty four (93.7%) children were symptomatic whereas 11 (6.3%) children were asymptomatic. The most common symptoms at the onset of illness were fever (67.4%), headache (41.1%), cough (36.6%), sore throat (25.7%), fatigue (22.9%), myalgia (22.9%) and diarrhea (20.6%); less common symptoms were vomiting (16%), dyspnea (14.9%), nasal congestion (13.1%), nausea (13.1%), anosmia (13.1%), abdominal pain (11.4%), loss of appetite (11.4%),rhinorrhea (9.7%), loss of taste (9.1%), joint pain (8.6%), dizziness (8%), chest pain (4.6%), sneezing (4%) and shaking (3.4%) (Table1). In the interviews made at the first two weeks after the onset of symptoms, no patient’s symptoms continued.
Among the symptomatic patients, 24 (14.6%) patients had only one symptom, 33 (20.1%) patients had two symptoms, 29 (17.7%) patients had three symptoms, 26 (15.9%) patients had four symptoms, 13 (7.9%) patients had five symptoms, 15 (9.1%) patients had six symptoms, 8 (4.9%) patients had seven symptoms, 3 (1.8%) patients had eight symptoms, 4 (2.4%) patients had nine symptoms, 1 (0.6%) patient had ten symptoms, 2 (1.2%) patients had eleven symptoms, 3 (1.8%) ) patients had twelve symptoms, 2 (1.2%) patients had thirteen symptoms, 1 (0.6%) patient had fifteen symptoms. The mean number of symptoms was 4.0±2.8.
One hundred and two (58.3%) of the patients had respiratory symptoms, 69 (39.4%) of the patients had gastrointestinal symptoms, 59 (33.7%) of the patients had only respiratory symptoms, 26 (14.9%) of the patients had only gastrointestinal symptoms and 24 (13.7%) of the patients had only fever.
Six patients had atypical symptoms. Patient 1; 17-year-old male patient with paralysis of the left leg lasting for 12 days, patient 2; 15-year-old male patient with hoarseness lasting for two weeks, patient 3 and 4; 16-year-old and 12-year-old female patients with backache, patient 5; 12 year old male patient with conjunctivitis, patient 6; 17-year-old male patient with painful swelling in the eyes lasting within one week.