Volume 22, Number 2—February 2016
Research
Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infection among Children, Rural Kenya
Table 3
Incidence† | Age group |
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Neonate, 0–27 d, n = 9,828‡ | Infant, 28–59 d, n = 10,463‡ | Infant, 2–11 mo, n = 92,070‡ | Child 1–4 y, n = 453,857‡ | Child 5–12 y, n = 730,512‡ | |
Probable and definite invasive GAS disease incidence (95% CI) | 631 (484–808) | 105 (52–188) | 43 (31–59) | 19 (15–23) | 6 (4–9) |
Definite invasive GAS disease incidence (95% CI) | 326 (223–459) | 86 (39–163) | 27 (18–40) | 7 (5–10) | 1 (0–1) |
Death associated with all invasive GAS disease (95% CI) | 163 (93–264) | 10 (0–53) | 5 (2–13) | 2 (1–3) | 0 (0–1) |
*GAS, group A Streptococcus.
†Per 100,000 person-years.
‡Population denominator in person-years.
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