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Let the sun shine in: effects of ultraviolet radiation on invasive pneumococcal disease risk in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common cause of community acquired pneumonia and bacteremia. Excess wintertime mortality related to pneumonia has been noted for over a century, but the seasonality of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) has been described relatively recently and is poorly u...

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Autores principales: White, Alexander NJ, Ng, Victoria, Spain, C Victor, Johnson, Caroline C, Kinlin, Laura M, Fisman, David N
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2797517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19961583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-196