Table II.
Incidence Rates for Pathogen Associated Severe Pneumonia Among Children Aged 0–24 Months in a Rural Community in Pakistan From October 2011 to June 2014 a
All cases | 0–5 months | 6–23 months | |
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Total child years followed | 1,501 | 399 | 1,495 |
Incidence of severe pneumonia per 100 child year of follow‐up (95%CI) | 15.32 (13.5–17.15) | 50.38 (45.47–55.28) | 1.94 (1.24–2.64) |
Incidence of viral‐associated severe pneumonia per 100 child year of follow‐up (95%CI) | 11.93 (10.29–13.56) | 38.6 (33.82–43.37) | 1.67 (1.02–2.32) |
Incidence of Enterovirus/Rhinovirus associated pneumonia per 100 child year of follow‐up (95%CI) | 7.93 (6.56–9.29) | 27.57 (23.18–31.95) | 0.6 (0.21–0.99) |
Parainfluenza virus III | 1.27 (0.7–1.83) | 4.26 (2.28–6.24) | 0.13 (0.0–0.32) |
RSV | 0.87 (0.4–1.33) | 1.25 (0.16–2.34) | 0.54 (0.17–0.9) |
Human coronavirus OC43 | 0.73 (0.3–1.16) | 2.26 (0.8–3.71) | 0.13 (0.0–0.32) |
Parainfluenza virus IV | 0.67 (0.25–1.08) | 2.51 (0.97–4.04) | — |
Human metapneumovirus | 0.33 (0.04–0.62) | 0.25 (0.0–0.74) | 0.27 (0.01–0.53) |
Influenza‐B | 0.27 (0.01–0.53) | 0.75 (0.0–1.6) | 0.07 (0.0–0.2) |
All viruses | 13.59 (11.86–15.32) | 43.36 (38.5–48.22) | 2.07 (1.35–2.8) |
Association does not mean causality.