Excess Mortality Associated with Influenza among Tuberculosis Deaths in South Africa, 1999-2009.

Published data on the interaction between influenza and pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) are limited. We aimed to estimate the influenza-associated mortality among individuals with PTB in South Africa from 1999-2009.We modelled the excess influenza-associated mortality by applying Poisson regression mod...

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Main Authors: Sibongile Walaza, Cheryl Cohen, Ananta Nanoo, Adam L Cohen, Johanna McAnerney, Claire von Mollendorf, Jocelyn Moyes, Stefano Tempia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4467974?pdf=render