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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Feb;18(2):294-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1802.102025.
Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Respiratory Virus Co-infections.
Zhou H, Haber M, Ray S, Farley MM, Panozzo CA, Klugman KP.
Abstract
To confirm whether respiratory virus infections increase susceptibility to invasive pneumococcal pneumonia, we examined data from 11 influenza seasons (1994-2005) in the United States. Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia was significantly associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus activities in 5 seasons. Association strength was higher when strain H3N2 was the predominant influenza A virus strain.
PMID:
22305270
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22305270
Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Respiratory Virus Co-infections.
Zhou H, Haber M, Ray S, Farley MM, Panozzo CA, Klugman KP.
Abstract
To confirm whether respiratory virus infections increase susceptibility to invasive pneumococcal pneumonia, we examined data from 11 influenza seasons (1994-2005) in the United States. Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia was significantly associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus activities in 5 seasons. Association strength was higher when strain H3N2 was the predominant influenza A virus strain.
PMID:
22305270
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22305270