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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2023 May 20;134:71–77. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.05.009

Table 1.

AF and AF-adjusted prevalence of RSV among individuals in a study of the AF of RSV detection in mild and severe illness, Klerksdorp and Edendale, South Africa, June 2012 to May 2016.

All enrolled participants
ILI
SARI
Age group Observed RSV detection rate
n/N (%)
AF % (95% CI) AF-adjusted
prevalence %
Observed RSV detection rate
n/N (%)
AF, % (95% CI) AF- adjusted
prevalence %
<1 78/621 (13) 84.9 (69.3-92.6) 11 413/1328 (31) 95.3 (91.1-97.5) 30
1-4 116/1101 (11) 74.6 (53.6-86.0) 8 101/786 (13) 83.4 (70.9-90.5) 11
5-24 43/1531 (3) 60.8 (21.4-80.5) 2 6/287 (2) 25.6 (0-73.8) 1
25-44 49/1532 (3) 64.1 (14.9-84.9) 2 16/842 (1) 26.1 (0-72.6) <1
45-64 15/561 (3) 69.6 (0-90.8) 2 11/492 (2) 52.6 (0-87.9) 1
65+ 2/103 (2) 48.0 (0-94.7) 1 6/177 (3) 80.6 (0-96.8) 2
Individuals living with HIV
Observed RSV detection rate ILI Observed RSV detection rate   SARI
AF, % (95% CI) AF-adjusted
prevalence, %
AF, % (95% CI) AF-adjusted
prevalence, %
<1 0/8 (0) 0 (0-92.5) ND 3/20 (15) 0 (0-71.9) ND
1-4 1/19 (5) 75.8 (0-96.5) 4 9/91 (10) 72.1 (0-95.9) 7
5-24 12/230 (5) 78.1 (36.5-92.5) 4 5/114 (3) 55.4 (0-87.7) 3
25-44 29/865 (3) 76.6 (13.6-93.7) 2 16/722 (2) 61.8 (0-90.0) 1
45-64 6/227 (3) 75.7 (0-96.1) 2 8/299 (3) 80.4 (0-97.6) 2
65+ 0/10 (0) No RSV NA 3/33 (9) 87.4 (0-99.4) 8
HIV-uninfected individuals
ILI   SARI
Observed RSV detection rate AF, % (95% CI) AF-adjusted
prevalence, %
Observed RSV detection rate AF, % (95% CI) AF-adjusted
prevalence, %
<1 68/574 (12) 87.5 (72.2-94.4) 11 371/1109 (33) 96.7 (93.0-98.5) 32
1-4 112/1038 (11) 77.7 (56.6-88.5) 9 91/656 (14) 84.6 (70.3-92.0) 12
5-24 27/1158 (2) 39.0 (0-74.1) 1 1/123 (1) 0 (0-78.7) ND
25-44 18/588 (3) 30.9 (0-76.0) 1 0/93 (0) 0(0-53.5) ND
45-64 7/301 (2) 60.8 (0-91.0) 1 0/162 (0) 0 (0-91.3) ND
65+ 1/84 (1) 46.0 (0-94.5) 0.5 3/129 (2) 64.3 (0-94.8) 1

AF, Attributable fraction; CI, confidence interval; ILI, influenza-like illness; ND, not determined; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; SARI, severe acute respiratory illness.