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Letter to the Editor

Seasonal patterns and association of meteorological factors with infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis in childhood community-acquired pneumonia in a tropical region

Igor C. BorgesPostgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil; Correspondence[email protected]
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Dafne C. AndradePostgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil;
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Maria-Regina A. CardosoDepartment of Epidemiology, University of São Paulo School of Public Health, São Paulo, Brazil;
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Andreas MeinkeValneva Austria GmbH, Campus Vienna Biocenter 3, Vienna, Austria;
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Aldina BarralPostgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil; ;Department of Pathology, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine and Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Brazil;
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Helena KäyhtyNational Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland;
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Olli RuuskanenDepartment of Paediatrics, Turku University and University Hospital, Turku, Finland;
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Cristiana M. Nascimento-CarvalhoPostgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil; ;Department of Paediatrics, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Salvador, Brazil
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Pages 147-150 | Received 19 Jun 2016, Accepted 05 Jul 2016, Published online: 27 Jul 2016

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