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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1994 40(4):207-213; doi:10.1093/tropej/40.4.207
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A Community-based Study of Acute Respiratory Infections Among Preschool Children in Syria

Hyam N. Bashour*,, Roger H. Webber** and Thomas F. de C. Marshall**

*Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University Syria
**Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine UK

Correspondence: H. N. Bashour, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK

A longitudinal community-based study of the epidemiology of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in children less than 5 years old was carried out in a low income peri-urban area of Syria. A total of 1030 children were followed up by weekly morbidity surveillance for a period of 24 weeks, starting September 1989. The results revealed that, on average, a child suffered 3.4 episodes of ARI per 100 child-days at risk. The average prevalence of ARI was 23 per cent of time of observation. The peak age-specific incidence occurred in children 6–12 months old for cough/cold, and in children 0–5 months for pneumonia. Male children experienced higher incidence and prevalence of ARI. The most frequently reported symptoms were nasal discharge and cough.


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