Respiratory virus infection and risk of invasive meningococcal disease in central Ontario, Canada

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Tuite, Ashleigh R ^a   Kinlin, Laura M ^b   Kuster, Stefan P ^a,c   Jamieson, Frances ^d   Kwong, Jeffrey C ^a,d,e,f   McGeer, Allison ^a,c   Fisman, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649506585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015493     Document Type: Article

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