Upper respiratory tract infections

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Scope

What is the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections in the general population?

Definition

Rate (age, sex ratio) Context (population size studied, location, date data taken, end-point measured) Definition of end-point Reference
Healthy children, age range 6 months – 3 yrs, followed for 1 year
1295 URI episodes = 5.06 episodes per child-year
n=294, Texas, 2003-2004, URI and OM Majority were doctor diagnosed, else parents report [1]

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References

  1. Tasnee Chonmaitree, Krystal Revai, James J. Grady, Audra Clos, Janak A. Patel, Sangeeta Nair, Jiang Fan, and Kelly J. Henrickson. Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infection and Otitis Media Complication in Young Children. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008; 46:815–23.