No temporal association between influenza outbreaks and invasive pneumococcal infections

Toschke, Andre Michael; Arenz, Stephan; Kries, Wolfram and Weigl und Heininger, Ulrich (2008): No temporal association between influenza outbreaks and invasive pneumococcal infections. In: Archives of Disease in Childhood, Bd. 93, Nr. 3: S. 218-220

Abstract

Objective: To assess whether the influenza peak in populations precedes the annual peak for invasive pneumococcal infections (IPI) in winter.Design: Ecological study. Active surveillance data on influenza A and IPI in children up to 16 years of age collected from 1997 to 2003 were analysed.Setting: Paediatric hospitals in Germany.Patients: Children under 16 years of age.Results: In all years under study, the influenza A season did not appear to affect the IPI season (p = 0.49). Specifically, the influenza peak never preceded the IPI peak.Conclusion: On a population level there was no indication that the annual influenza epidemic triggered the winter increase in the IPI rate or the peak of the IPI distribution in children.

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• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
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• Sprache: Englisch