Temporal Association in Hospitalizations for Tuberculosis, Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Influenza Virus Illness in South African Children

The seasonal variability in hospitalization for tuberculosis may in part relate to super-imposed bacterial or predisposing respiratory viral infections. We aimed to study the temporal association between hospitalization for culture-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), invasive pneumococcal diseas...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 9; no. 3; p. e91464
Main Authors:	Dangor, Ziyaad, Izu, Alane, Moore, David P., Nunes, Marta C., Solomon, Fatima, Beylis, Natalie, von Gottberg, Anne, McAnerney, Johanna M., Madhi, Shabir A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 11.03.2014 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Bacteria Child Child, Preschool Children Climate Coinfection Epidemics Female HIV Infections - epidemiology Hospitalization Humans Infant Influenza Influenza viruses Influenza, Human - epidemiology Male Medical research Medicine Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pandemics Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Seasonal variability Seasonal variations Seasons South Africa - epidemiology Spatio-Temporal Analysis Streptococcus pneumoniae Temperate climates Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Vaccines Variability Viruses South Africa
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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