Association between Respiratory Syncytial Virus Activity and Pneumococcal Disease in Infants: A Time Series Analysis of US Hospitalization Data

The importance of bacterial infections following respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remains unclear. We evaluated whether variations in RSV epidemic timing and magnitude are associated with variations in pneumococcal disease epidemics and whether changes in pneumococcal disease following the introduc...

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Published in:	PLoS medicine Vol. 12; no. 1; p. e1001776
Main Authors:	Weinberger, Daniel M., Klugman, Keith P., Steiner, Claudia A., Simonsen, Lone, Viboud, Cécile
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Bacterial infections Biology and Life Sciences Health aspects Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine - administration & dosage Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitalization - trends Host-parasite relationships Humans Identification and classification Immunization Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Infants Medicine and Health Sciences Pneumonia Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - epidemiology Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - prevention & control Pneumonia, Pneumococcal - virology Prevalence Respiratory syncytial virus Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - epidemiology Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - microbiology Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - prevention & control Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections - virology Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human - isolation & purification Seasons Streptococcus pneumoniae Studies Time series Time series analysis United States - epidemiology Vaccines United States
ISSN:	1549-1676, 1549-1277, 1549-1676
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