BMC Infectious Diseases

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

Alexander NJ White1,2, Victoria Ng1,5, C Victor Spain4, Caroline C Johnson4, Laura M Kinlin1,3 and David N Fisman1,2,3*

Author Affiliations

1 Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children, 123 Edward Street, Toronto M4V 1X6, Canada

2 Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto M5S 1A8, Canada

3 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto M4T 3M7, Canada

4 Division of Disease Control, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 500 South Broad Street, Philadelphia 19146, USA

5 National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra 0200, Australia

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BMC Infectious Diseases 2009, 9:196 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-9-196

Published: 4 December 2009

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Graph shows trends in invasive pneumococcal disease incidence by age group in Philadelphia from 2002 to 2007. No differences in trends are observed across age groups.

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Graph shows trends in invasive pneumococcal disease case fatality rate (%) by age group in Philadelphia from 2002 to 2007. No differences in trends are observed across age groups.

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