The association of meningococcal disease with influenza in the United States, 1989-2009.

The association of meningococcal disease with influenza in the United States, 1989-2009.

Prior influenza infection is a risk factor for invasive meningococcal disease. Quantifying the fraction of meningococcal disease attributable to influenza could improve understanding of viral-bacterial interaction and indicate additional health benefits to influenza immunization.A time series analys...

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Main Authors: Jessica Hartman Jacobs, Cécile Viboud, Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Joel Schwartz, Claudia Steiner, Lone Simonsen, Marc Lipsitch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4180274?pdf=render

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