an increasing trendp = 0.007
While rotavirus showed a significantly decreasing trend from January to August (MPC 1–8 = −49.23, 95% CI = −59.29% to −36.69%, p = 0.031), and an increasing trend from August to December (MPC 8–12 = 131.92, 95% CI = 37.54–291.07%, p = 0.007) ( Figure 2b ). 3.2 Epidemiological characteristics of patients with bacterial pathogens Twenty thousand seven hundred forty-one cases were tested for bacterial pathogens.