Many respiratory viruses have temporal association with meningococcal disease

• J.A. Castro-Rodriguez ^[1] ; L. Jakubson ^[2] ; O. Padilla ^[1] ; D. Gallegos ^[3] ; R. Fasce ^[4] ; P. Bertrand ^[1] ; I. Sanchez ^[1] ; C. Perret ^[1]
  1. [1] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

     Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Chile

     Universidad de Chile

     Santiago, Chile

     
  3. [3] Ministry of Health, Santiago, Chile
  4. [4] Chilean Public Health Institute, Santiago, Chile

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• Localización: Allergologia et immunopathologia: International journal for clinical and investigate allergology and clinical immunology, ISSN-e 1578-1267, ISSN 0301-0546, Vol. 43, Nº. 5, 2015, págs. 487-492
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Background Previous ecological studies have shown a temporal and spatial association between influenza epidemics and meningococcal disease (MNG); however, none have examined more than two respiratory viruses.

    Methods Data were obtained in Chile between 2000 and 2005 on confirmed cases of MNG and all confirmed cases of respiratory viruses (influenza A and B; parainfluenza; adenovirus; and respiratory syncytial virus [RSV]). Both variables were divided by epidemiological weeks, age range, and regions. Models of transference functions were run for rates of MNG.

    Results In this period, 1022 reported cases of MNG and 34,737 cases of respiratory virus were identified (25,137 RSV; 4300 parainfluenza; 2527 influenza-A; 356 influenza-B; and 2417 adenovirus). RSV was the major independent virus temporally associated to MNG (it appears one week before MNG), followed by parainfluenza, influenza-B, adenovirus, and influenza-A.

    Conclusions The rate of MNG in Chile is temporally associated to all of the respiratory viruses studied, but with variability according age range, and regions.