Beta-haemolytic streptococci in school chidren 5-15 years of age with an emphasis of rheumatic fever, in the tri-island state of Grenada

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-27

  Noel, Trevor P ^a   Zabriskie, J ^b   Macpherson, C N L ^a   Perrotte, G ^b  

^a Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation   (Grenada)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRENADA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOLYSIN TITER; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GRENADA; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 18644376830     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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