Household transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Alberta, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 154-158

  Kellner, James D ^a,c   Gibb, A Patrick ^d   Zhang, Jenny ^b   Rabin, Harvey R ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033012653     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0501.990120     Document Type: Article

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