Temporal cross‐correlation between influenza‐like illnesses and invasive pneumococcal disease in The Netherlands

Background While the burden of community‐acquired pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease ( IPD ) is still considerable, there is little insight in the factors contributing to disease. Previous research on the lagged relationship between respiratory viruses and pneumococcal disease incidence is inconclusive, and studies correcting for temporal autocorrelation are lacking. Objectives To investigate the temporal relation between influenza‐like illnesses ( ILI ) and IPD , correcting for temporal autocorrelation. Methods Weekly counts of ILI were obtained from the Sentinel Practices of NIVEL P... Mehr ...