Increased incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in Finland, 2010-2011.

نویسندگان

  • A Polkowska
  • A Harjunpää
  • S Toikkanen
  • M Lappalainen
  • R Vuento
  • T Vuorinen
  • J Kauppinen
  • H Flinck
  • O Lyytikäinen
چکیده

The number of cases of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection detected by laboratory-based surveillance increased in Finland in late 2010. During 2011, the number of cases was four times higher than during the previous epidemic in 2005. The 2011 epidemic affected mostly school-age children. The increased number of cases was probably not due to changes in laboratory procedures, but public interest may have had an effect, since the number of Google queries followed closely the epidemic curve.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

دوره 17 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012