1. Invasive pneumococcal disease rates linked to meteorological factors and respiratory virus circulation (Catalonia, 2006–2012)
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Ciruela-Navas, Pilar, Broner, Sònia, Izquierdo-Gómez, Concepción, Hernández-Baeza, Sergi, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen, Pallarés, Roman, Jané-Checa, Mireia, Domínguez-García, Àngela, Grup de Treball de Malalties Pneumocòccies Invasives de Catalunya, [Ciruela P, Broner S, Izquierdo C, Hernández S. Jané M] Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. [Muñoz-Almagro C] Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Deu, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. [Pallarès R] Hospital Universitari Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. [Domínguez A] Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Departament de Salut, and Universitat de Barcelona
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Environmental Health::Science::Meteorology::Meteorological Concepts [PUBLIC HEALTH] ,Catalonia ,Epidemiology ,viruses ,Other subheadings::Other subheadings::/epidemiology [Other subheadings] ,infecciones bacterianas y micosis::infecciones bacterianas::infecciones por bacterias grampositivas::infecciones estreptocócicas::infecciones neumocócicas [ENFERMEDADES] ,Enfermedades Respiratorias::Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio [ENFERMEDADES] ,Infeccions per pneumococs ,Efecte del clima sobre l'home ,Malalties víriques ,Pneumococcal Infections ,Cataluña ,salud ambiental::ciencia::meteorología::conceptos meteorológicos [SALUD PÚBLICA] ,Epidemiologia ,enfermedades respiratorias::infecciones del tracto respiratorio [ENFERMEDADES] ,Effect of climate on human beings ,Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Bacterial Infections::Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections::Streptococcal Infections::Pneumococcal Infections [DISEASES] ,Pneumococs ,Otros calificadores::Otros calificadores::/epidemiología [Otros calificadores] ,Catalunya ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,Virosis ,Factors climàtics ,Malalties - Epidemiologia - Catalunya ,Virus diseases ,Respiratory Tract Diseases::Respiratory Tract Infections [DISEASES] - Abstract
Streptococcus pneumoniae; Respiratory viruses; Influenza; Meteorological variables Streptococcus pneumoniae; Virus respiratoris; Grip; Variables meteorològiques Streptococcus pneumoniae; Virus respiratorios; Gripe; Variables meteorológicas Background To study the impact of meteorological data and respiratory viral infections on invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) rates. Methods We analysed all notifications of IPD and respiratory viral infections to the Microbiological Reporting System of Catalonia (2006–2012). Correlations between rates of IPD and viral infections (influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] and adenovirus), and meteorological variables (temperature, humidity, hours of sunshine, wind speed and number of days with rainfall) were assessed using Spearman’s correlation coefficient and negative binomial regression models. Results We found significant correlations between monthly rates of IPD and monthly rates of all respiratory viruses and meteorological factors. However, after multiple regression analysis, associations remained between IPD rates and influenza rates and reductions in temperature in the total population, and between IPD rates and adenovirus rates in children aged