Serotypes of group a streptococci isolated from healthy schoolchildren in the United Arab Emirates

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 355-359

  Ameen, A S ^a   Nsanze, H ^a   Dawson, K P ^a   Othman, S ^b   Mustafa, N ^a   Johnson, D R ^c   Kaplan, E L ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c WHO Collaborating Ctr Ref Res S   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0030848016     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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