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Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
Dispatch

Incidence of Norovirus-Associated Diarrhea, Shanghai, China, 2012–2013

Jianxing Yu1, Chuchu Ye1, Shengjie Lai1, Weiping Zhu, Zike Zhang, Qibin Geng, Caoyi Xue, Weizhong Yang, Shuyu Wu, Aron J. Hall, Qiao SunComments to Author , and Zhongjie LiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-Warning on Infectious Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China (J. Yu, S. Lai, Z. Zhang, Q. Geng, W. Yang, Z. Li); Ministry of Health Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens and Dr. Christophe Mérieux Laboratory, CAMS-Fondation Mérieux, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Academy of Medical Sciences of China and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (J. Yu); Research Base of Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-Warning on Infectious Disease, Pudong New Area Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China (C. Ye, W. Zhu, C. Xue, Q. Sun); State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China (Z. Zhang); State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan University College of Life Sciences, Wuhan, China (Q. Geng); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China (S. Wu); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A.J. Hall)

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Table 2

Estimated outpatient and community incidence of norovirus-associated diarrhea, by surveillance year, age group of patients, and season, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China, 2012–2013

Variable Outpatient incidence, 
no. cases/100 person-years (95% CI) Community incidence, 
no. cases/100 person-years (95% CI)
Surveillance year
2012 1.3 (1.2–1.4) 8.1 (7.2–9.0)
2013 1.6 (1.4–1.8) 9.8 (8.7–11.0)
2 y combined
 1.5 (1.4–1.6)
 8.9 (8.2–9.7)
Age group
0–11 mo 8.4 (5.8–11.6) 20.3 (13.8–27.9)
12–23 mo 6.8 (4.2–9.6) 14.7 (9.2–20.8)
24–59 mo 1.4 (1.0–2.0) 2.5 (1.7–3.5)
5–24 y 1.1 (0.8–1.3) 8.8 (7.0–10.8)
25–44 y 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 13.0 (11.6–14.7)
45–64 y 1.7 (1.5–1.9) 3.2 (2.8–3.6)
>65 y
 2.6 (2.0–3.2)
 7.8 (6.1–9.5)
Season
Spring, Mar–May 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 7.9 (6.7–9.0)
Summer, Jun–Aug 0.8 (0.7–1.0) 4.9 (3.9–6.0)
Autumn, Sep–Nov 2.3 (2.1–2.5) 13.4 (11.7–15.1)
Winter, Dec–Feb 1.7 (1.4–1.9) 10.5 (8.8–12.3)

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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