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. 2012 Feb 2;17(5):20072.
doi: 10.2807/ese.17.05.20072-en.

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

A Polkowska  1 , A Harjunpää, S Toikkanen, M Lappalainen, R Vuento, T Vuorinen, J Kauppinen, H Flinck, O Lyytikäinen
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Increased incidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in Finland, 2010-2011

A Polkowska et al. Euro Surveill. .
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Abstract

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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