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Table 1 Demographic distribution and viral prevalence in specimens tested, by camp, Kenya, September 2007-August 2010

From: Epidemiology of respiratory viral infections in two long-term refugee camps in Kenya, 2007-2010

 

Total (N = 6264)

n (%)

Location

Case classification

  

Kakuma (N = 3323)

n (%)

Dadaab (N = 2941)

n (%)

ILI1

(N = 1815)

n (%)

SARI2

(N = 4449)

n (%)

Gender

     

   Male

3394 (54.2)

1800 (54.2)

1594 (54.2)

939 (51.7)

2455 (55.2)

   Female

2870 (45.8)

1523 (45.8)

1347 (45.8)

876 (48.3)

1994 (44.8)

Age

     

   < 1 years

2292 (36.6)

1228 (37.0)

1064 (36.2)

520 (28.7)

1772 (39.8)

   1 - < 2 years

1379 (22.0)

798 (24.0)

581 (19.8)

361 (19.9)

1018 (22.9)

   2 - < 5 years

1467 (23.4)

815 (24.5)

652 (22.2)

497 (27.4)

970 (21.8)

   ≥ 5 years

1126 (18.0)

482 (14.5)

644 (21.9)

437 (24.1)

689 (15.5)

Nationality

     

   Somali

3891 (62.1)

980 (29.5)

2911 (99.0)

996 (54.9)

2895 (65.1)

   Sudanese

1441 (23.0)

1431 (43.1)

10 (0.3)

407 (22.4)

1034 (23.2)

   Kenyan

591 (9.4)

578 (17.4)

13 (0.4)

315 (17.4)

276 (6.2)

   Ethiopian

183 (2.9)

178 (5.4)

5 (0.2)

59 (3.6)

124 (2.8)

   Other 3

158 (2.5)

156 (4.7)

2 (0.1)

38 (2.1)

120 (2.7)

Infection prevalence

     

   Adenovirus

1361 (21.7)

815 (24.5)

546 (18.6)

352 (19.4)

1009 (22.7)

   RSV

781 (12.5)

364 (11.0)

417 (14.2)

155 (8.5)

626 (14.1)

   hMPV

359 (5.7)

180 (5.4)

179 (6.1)

93 (5.1)

266 (6.0)

   Parainfluenza

591 (9.4)

319 (9.6)

272 (9.3)

155 (8.5)

436 (9.8)

   Influenza A

607 (9.7)

300 (9.0)

307 (10.4)

197 (10.9)

410 (9.2)

   Influenza B

161 (2.6)

75 (2.3)

86 (2.9)

55 (3.0)

106 (2.4)

   At least one virus

3119 (49.8)

1642 (49.4)

1477 (50.2)

837 (46.1)

2282 (51.3)

  1. 1Influenza-like illness; 2Severe acute respiratory infection; 3Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda