The prevalence of group a streptococcal throat carriage in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-127

  Dawson, K P ^a   Ameen, A S ^a   Nsanze, H ^a   Bin Othman, S ^b   Mustafa, N ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b School Health Service   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0029988930     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1996.11747814     Document Type: Article

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