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Table 1 Children 1 month through 14 years of age with severe/very severe community acquired pneumonia attributable to Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV) requiring admission to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) (2006–2010) in a large urban center in China

From: Respiratory syncytial virus - associated intensive care unit admission in children in Southern China

Year

ALRI admissions

Severe or very severe pneumonia (WHO criteria)

RSV severe or very severe pneumonia N (%)

Deaths associated with RSV pneumonia (%)

2007-2008

399

123

34 (27.6)

1/34 (2.9%)

2008-2009

486

133

31 (23.3)

1/31 (3.2%)

2009-2010

539

192

46 (24)

2/46 (4.3%)

2010-2011

692

259

60 (23)

2/60 (3.3%)

Total

2116

707

171 (24)

6/171 (3.5%)

  1. ALRI – acute lower respiratory tract infection; WHO = World Health Organization.
  2. Mixed viral infections are not reported here.