The association of respiratory viruses, temperature, and other climatic parameters with the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease in Sydney, Australia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-215

  Watson, Michael ^a,e   Gilmour, R ^b   Menzies, R ^c   Ferson, M ^d   McIntyre, P ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^d South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service   (Australia)

^e ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLIMATE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS ACTIVATION; WIND; WINTER;

ADULT; CHILD; CLIMATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 30144434021     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498897     Document Type: Article

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