Airborne dust and high temperatures are risk factors for invasive bacterial disease

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 977-986.e2

  Jusot, Jean François ^a   Neill, Daniel R ^b   Waters, Elaine M ^b   Bangert, Mathieu ^b,c   Collins, Marisol ^b   Bricio Moreno, Laura ^b   Lawan, Katiellou G ^d   Moussa, Mouhaiminou Moussa ^d   Dearing, Emma ^b   Everett, Dean B ^b,e   Collard, Jean Marc ^a   Kadioglu, Aras ^b  

^a Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire   (Niger)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^d Dir de la Meteorol Nationale   (Niger)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

climate; dust; Meningitis; Neisseria meningitidis; pollution; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; PNEUMOLYSIN; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHILD; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INHALATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NIGER; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHAGOCYTE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TISSUE INJURY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICE; NIGER; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84981717356     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.04.062     Document Type: Article

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