TABLE 1.

Distribution of selected bacterial and parasitic infections in children between zero and four years of age in Quebec (1999 to 2006)

	(<1 years)		(1–4 years)		(0–4 years)
Pathogen	Cases, n	IR*	Cases, n	IR*	Total cases, n	Total IR* (95% CI)
Giardia	11	0.4	1637	53.8	1648	54.2 (51.6–56.8)
Salmonella	177	5.8	1393	45.8	1570	51.6 (49.1–54.2)
Campylobacter	74	2.5	1488	48.9	1562	51.4 (48.8–53.9)
Others†	15	0.6	273	8.9	288	9.5 (6.9–12.1)
All selected pathogens	277	9.3	4791	157.4	5068	166.7 (162.1–171.3)

^*Per 100,000 children-years;

^†Including Yersinia enterocolitica, Cryptosporidium parvum and Escherichia coli. IR Incidence rate