Abstract
Pneumococcal disease (PD) is a major cause of communicable disease burden globally. Evidence from animal and in vitro studies suggest viral acute respiratory infection (VARI) can predispose to pneumococcal infection. Evidence from population-based studies is conflicting, possibly due to a variety of methodological challenges and problems in these studies. We conducted a systematic review of population-based studies that analysed the association between preceding seasonal VARI and subsequent PD. In the current dataset, methods and findings were summarised for each included study in Sheet 2; additionally, reasons for exclusion were given in Sheet 1.
Data Citation
Li, You (2017). Data extraction sheet for the systematic review of VARI-PD, 2016-2017. University of Edinburgh. [dataset].
| Date made available | 31 Mar 2018 |
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| Publisher | Edinburgh DataShare |