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Table 1 Among all acute respiratory infection (ARI) admissions meeting screening criteria, distribution of pneumonia of unknown etiology (PUE) cases and non-PUE cases by ward, two hospitals, February – May 2016

From: Lessons from an active surveillance pilot to assess the pneumonia of unknown etiology surveillance system in China, 2016: the need to increase clinician participation in the detection and reporting of emerging respiratory infectious diseases

Wards

ARI admissions in department (N = 2619)

No. (%)

ARI admissions matching PUE case definition in Department (N = 335)

No. (%)

Department of Pediatrics

1274 (49)

167 (50)

Respiratory Medicine

964 (37)

101 (30)

Tuberculosis Department

134 (5)

22 (6)

Infectious Diseases Department

89 (3)

17 (5)

ICU

29 (1)

14 (4)

Internal Medicine Emergency Room

58 (2)

7 (2)

Internal Medicine

48 (2)

5 (1)

Other Departments

23 (1)

2 (1)