Evaluation of coseasonality of influenza and invasive pneumococcal disease: results from prospective surveillance.

The wintertime co-occurrence of peaks in influenza and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is well documented, but how and whether wintertime peaks caused by these two pathogens are causally related is still uncertain. We aimed to investigate the relationship between influenza infection and IPD in O...

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Main Authors: Stefan P Kuster, Ashleigh R Tuite, Jeffrey C Kwong, Allison McGeer, Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network Investigators, David N Fisman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3110256?pdf=render