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To relate virus positivity with the clinic characteristics of the subjects enrolled, multinomial logistic models were estimated. SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 5.2% of the children; fever resulted as risk factor for infection [relative risk ratio (RRR) = 2.88, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.034]. Rhinovirus was detected in the 40.7% of the subjects, with cough and rhinitis as risk factors (respectively, RRR = 1.79, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.001 and RRR = 1.53, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.018). Other coronaviruses were found in 10.8% of children and were associated to pharyngodynia (RRR = 4.94, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). Adenovirus, observed in 11.6% of subjects, showed to have fever as risk factor (RRR = 6.44, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). Bocavirus was detected in 3.2% of children. 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