Hospitalization for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Danish Children Aged <2 Years: A Population‐Based Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Lone Graff Stensballe,
Thomas Hjuler,
Andreas Andersen,
Margit S. Kaltoft,
Henrik Ravn,
Peter Aaby,
Eric A. F. Simões
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/529438
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , confidence interval , cohort , population , cohort study , pneumovirinae , danish , respiratory infection , prospective cohort study , respiratory system , immunology , viral disease , virus , paramyxoviridae , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health
Previous population-based studies have reported a temporal association between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). We examined this association at an individual level in the Danish population.
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