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Volume 28, Number 11—November 2022
Dispatch

Seroincidence of Enteric Fever, Juba, South Sudan

Kristen AiemjoyComments to Author , John Rumunu, Juma John Hassen, Kirsten E. Wiens, Denise Garrett, Polina Kamenskaya, Jason B. Harris, Andrew S. Azman, Peter Teunis, Jessica C. Seidman, Joseph F. Wamala, Jason R. Andrews, and Richelle C. Charles
Author affiliations: University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California, USA (K. Aiemjoy); Republic of South Sudan Ministry of Health, Juba, South Sudan (J. Rumunu); World Health Organization, Juba (J.J. Hassen, J.F. Wamala); Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (K.E. Wiens, A.S. Azman); Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington, DC, USA (D. Garrett, J.C. Seidman); Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (P. Kamenskaya, J.B. Harris, R.C. Charles); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P. Teunis); Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA (J.R. Andrews)

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Table 2

Age-dependent incidence rates and cumulative incidence for participants in study of seroincidence of enteric fever, Juba, South Sudan, 2020*

Age group, y Seroincidence, cases/100 person-years (95% CI) 2-year cumulative incidence, % (IQR) 4-year cumulative incidence, % (IQR)
1–3 42.5 (38.0–59.0) 53.6 (44.5–74.9) 78.5 (69.2–93.7)
4–6 32.1 (29.7–40.1) 56.6 (34.7–68.5) 81.2 (57.4–90.0)
7–9 29.2 (27.3–35.6) 49.3 (39.9–59.1) 74.3 (63.8–83.3)
10–14 24.8 (23.6–28.8) 45.1 (30.9–58.4) 69.9 (52.2–82.7)
15–24 28.3 (24.7–41.9) 42.8 (27.2–61.6) 67.3 (47.0–85.3)
25–34 28.8 (26.7–35.9) 51.7 (35.7–66.5) 76.7 (58.6–88.8)
35–44 40.8 (36.0–58.5) 57.5 (49.8–69.5) 82.0 (74.8–90.7)
>45
 34.0 (30.6–46.2)
 53.0 (40.9–69.1)
 77.9 (65.1–90.5)
Overall 29.8 (27.6–32.2) 48.9 (31.9–64.3) 73.8 (53.7–87.3)

*IQR, interquartile range.

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