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A prospective study was conducted in rural areas of Ballabgarh Block, Haryana by following 5,078 children for a period of 1 year in 1986. The morbidity due to ARI was 3.67 attacks/child/year with lowest attack rates in summer (2.1 in June), and highest in winter (4.78 in January). The moderate and severe cases constituted 14.7% of all cases. Proportional mortality rate due to ARI was 22.6% in these children. 66.5% of deaths were in infants. But the case fatality was 1.31% and the ARI related mortality was 6.3/1000 children and underfives mortality was 26.0/1000 children.
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Reddaiah, V.P., Kapoor, S.K. Acute respiratory infections in rural underfives. Indian J Pediatr 55, 424–426 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02810367
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