Bashour H N, Webber R H, Marshall T F
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Syria.
J Trop Pediatr. 1994 Aug;40(4):207-13. doi: 10.1093/tropej/40.4.207.
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.
在叙利亚一个低收入城郊地区开展了一项基于社区的纵向研究，以调查5岁以下儿童急性呼吸道感染（ARI）的流行病学情况。从1989年9月开始，通过每周发病监测对总共1030名儿童进行了为期24周的随访。结果显示，平均而言，每100个儿童危险日中，一名儿童会发生3.4次ARI发作。ARI的平均患病率为观察期的23%。咳嗽/感冒的特定年龄发病率高峰出现在6至12个月大的儿童中，肺炎的高峰出现在0至5个月大的儿童中。男童的ARI发病率和患病率更高。最常报告的症状是流鼻涕和咳嗽。
