TY - JOUR AU - Zhou, Hong AU - Haber, Michael AU - Ray, Susan AU - Farley, Monica AU - Panozzo, Catherine AU - Klugman, Keith T1 - Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Respiratory Virus Co-infections T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 2 SP - 294 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To confirm whether respiratory virus infections increase susceptibility to invasive pneumococcal pneumonia, we examined data from 11 influenza seasons (1994–2005) in the United States. Invasive pneumococcal pneumonia was significantly associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus activities in 5 seasons. Association strength was higher when strain H3N2 was the predominant influenza A virus strain. KW - Pneumococcal diseases KW - pneumonia KW - influenza KW - H3N2 KW - respiratory syncytial virus KW - temporal association KW - viruses KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1802.102025 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/2/10-2025_article ER - End of Reference