Epidemiology and etiology of childhood pneumonia

• Prif Awduron: Igor Rudan (Awdur), Cynthia Boschi-Pinto (Awdur), Zrinka Biloglav (Awdur), Kim Mulholland (Awdur), Harry Campbell (Awdur)
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Childhood pneumonia is the leading single cause of mortality in children aged less than 5 years. The incidence in this age group is estimated to be 0.29 episodes per child-year in developing and 0.05 episodes per child-year in developed countries. This translates into about 156 million new episodes...