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Estimating the number of deaths attributable to nine common infectious pathogens adjusted for seasonality and temperature
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Accurately assigning causes or contributing causes to deaths remains a universal challenge, especially in the elderly with underlying disease. Cause of death statistics commonly record the underlying cause of death, and influenza… read more… Results With increasing age, the number of pathogens (all viruses) significantly associated with mortality also … later. Our most conservative models attributed 6.9% of all deaths in those aged 85 years and older to multiple … microorganisms in infants. Epidemiol Infect 2007;135:17–26. Estimating number of deaths Emerging Health Threats …