Food-borne and air-borne streptococcal pharyngitis - A clinical comparison

Infection

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-15

  Bar Dayan, Y ^a,b,c   Shemer, J ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; COMMON COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE MUCOSA; PHARYNGITIS; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TONSIL;

EID: 0031016685     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02113500     Document Type: Article

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