Invasive Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Respiratory Virus Co-infections

Hong Zhou¹, Michael Haber

, Susan Ray, Monica M. Farley, Catherine A. Panozzo, and Keith P. Klugman

Author affiliations: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (H. Zhou, M. Haber, S. Ray, M.M. Farley, K.P. Klugman); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (C.A. Panozzo)

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Table 1

IPP incidence and associated factors, 11 seasons, Atlanta, Georgia, USA*

Season	No. IPP cases	No. IPP cases/10 million population	No. influenza isolates	No. influenza isolates/100 specimens	No. RSV detections	No. RSV detections/100 specimens	Temperature, ^oF†	Precipitation, inches‡	Sunshine, h‡
1994–95	633	26.75	1,203	12.67	2,116	23.41	57.44	0.81	79.46
1995–96	643	26.54	916	11.76	2,016	26.25	52.31	1.31	79.38
1996–97	653	26.33	1,382	15.87	1,635	18.64	55.24	0.89	79.30
1997–98	673	25.73	1,876	19.46	1,682	16.83	53.09	1.16	79.78
1998–99	599	23.04	2,073	21.01	1,672	15.61	56.42	0.59	79.60
1999–00	600	22.57	1,532	16.29	878	22.31	55.53	0.62	79.51
2000–01	516	18.97	1,409	15.31	3,458	21.45	52.97	0.85	79.43
2001–02	342	12.34	2,045	20.44	2,001	15.70	56.08	0.66	79.34
2002–03	336	11.90	1,287	14.81	1,713	14.23	53.85	1.18	79.27
2003–04	360	12.19	4122	28.69	4,227	18.50	55.07	0.63	79.75
2004–05	328	11.25	3813	23.34	3,415	14.34	54.94	1.08	79.56
Total	5683	NA	21,658	NA	24,813	NA	NA	9.78	874.37
Mean	517	19.78	1,969	NA	2,256	NA	54.81	0.89	79.49

*Virus data from US Census South Atlantic Region (www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf). IPP, invasive pneumococcal pneumonia; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; NA, not applicable.
†Seasonal mean calculated from weekly means.
‡Seasonal mean calculated from weekly totals.

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¹Current affiliation: Columbus Technologies and Services, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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