High group A streptococcal carriage in the Orthodox Jewish community of North Hackney

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 463, 2001, Pages 101-105

  Spitzer, J ^a   Hennessy, E ^a   Neville, L ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group A streptococcus; London; Orthodox Jews; Sore throat

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEWS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0035150186     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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