Influence of environmental conditions and pollution on the incidence of Streptococcus pneumoniae infections

ERJ Open Res. 2017 Dec 1;3(4):00014-2017. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00014-2017. eCollection 2017 Oct.

Authors

José M Sahuquillo-Arce^{1

2}, Elisa Ibáñez-Martínez¹, Alicia Hernández-Cabezas¹, Alba Ruiz-Gaitán², Patricia Falomir-Salcedo², Rosario Menéndez^{2

3

4}, José L López-Hontangas¹

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Microbiology, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
² Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IIS), Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
³ Dept of Pneumology, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
⁴ Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

Fossil fuel derived pollutants (SO₂, NO), dry air and cold increase the incidence of S. pneumoniae infections http://ow.ly/RnLW30gogb1.