Seasonal changes in climatic parameters and their relationship with the incidence of pneumococcal bacteraemia in Denmark

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1183-1186

  Tvedebrink, T ^a,b   Lundbye Christensen, S ^a   Thomsen, R W ^c   Dethlefsen, C ^b   Schonheyder H C ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Climate; Incidence; Pneumococcal infections; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 57649174767     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02114.x     Document Type: Article

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