Seasonal Prevalence of Upper Respiratory Pathogens

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Abstract
THE study of upper respiratory flora in a group of healthy families has been continued according to the procedure previously described.1 , 2 The particular object of the present analysis was to determine whether seasonal variations occurred in the prevalence of the common potential pathogens, the hemolytic streptococcus, Haemophilus influenzae and the pneumococcus. The material presented here was gathered over a seven-year period, from October, 1953, through September, 1960, with two months omitted in the summer of 1955 and one month omitted in the summer of 1958. It summarizes cultures taken on 556 persons, in 97 family groups.MethodMonthly cultures were . . .

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