Contrasting molecular epidemiology of group A streptococci causing tropical and nontropical infections of the skin and throat

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1109-1116

  Bessen, Debra E ^a   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^b   Beall, Bernard ^c   Katz, Rebecca ^a   Hibble, Megan ^b   Currie, Bart J ^b   Collingridge, Tracy ^a   Izzo, Marc W ^a   Scaramuzzino, Dominick A ^a   Sriprakash, Kadaba S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ABORIGINES; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALOID RACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; PHARYNGITIS; PHYLOGENY; PYODERMA; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0033805730     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315842     Document Type: Article

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