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Table 2 Ratesa of SARS-CoV-2 infections per 100 person years by SARS-CoV-2 variant and site, at a rural and an urban site, South Africa, 2020-2021

From: Characteristics of infections with ancestral, Beta and Delta variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the PHIRST-C community cohort study, South Africa, 2020-2021

Site

Person years of follow up overall

All variants

Rate (95% CI)

Wuhan-Hu

Rate (95% CI)

Beta

Rate (95% CI)

 

Delta

Rate (95% CI)

 

Overall

Overall

Overall

Immunity-adjusted

Overall

Immunity-adjusted

Overall

1709.7

45.1 (42.1-48.5)

10.2 (8.8-11.9)

15.3 (13.5-17.2)

16.9 (15.0-19.2)

18.8 (16.9-21.0)

24.5 (21.8-27.7)

Rural site

916.3

40.2 (36.3-44.5)

4.6 (3.4-6.2)

13.1 (11.0-15.7)

13.8 (11.5-16.5)

22.5 (19.6-25.8)

26.9 (23.2-31.0)

Urban site

793.5

50.9 (46.1-56.1)

16.8 (14.1-19.9)

17.8 (15.1-21.0)

21.4 (18.0-25.4)

14.6 (12.2-17.5)

20.6 (16.6-25.6)

  1. aIncidence rate estimated as number of episodes divided by the person time under observation