Association between respiratory syncytial virus activity and pneumococcal disease in infants: a time series analysis of US hospitalization data.

<h4>Background</h4>The importance of bacterial infections following respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remains unclear. We evaluated whether variations in RSV epidemic timing and magnitude are associated with variations in pneumococcal disease epidemics and whether changes in pneumococcal...

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Main Authors: Daniel M Weinberger, Keith P Klugman, Claudia A Steiner, Lone Simonsen, Cécile Viboud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001776