Carriers of betahemolytic streptococci of groups A, B and C, in school children in Las Palmas, Spain;Portadores de estreptococos betahemolíticos de los grupos A, B y C en escolares de Las Palmas

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 271-273

  González Lama, Zoilo ^a   González, Juan J ^a   Lupiola, Pablo ^a   Tejedor, Ma Teresa ^a  

^a ULPGC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betahemolytic streptococci; Carriers; Lancefield groups A, B and C

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0034203191     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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