An outbreak of food-borne group A Streptococcus (GAS) tonsillopharyngitis among residents of a dormitory

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 647-650

  Sarvghad, M R ^a   Naderi, H R ^a   Naderi Nassab, M ^a   Majdzadeh, R ^b   Javanian, M ^a   Faramarzi, H ^a   Fatehmanesh, P ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STUDENTS; TONSILLITIS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 25444517340     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510044085     Document Type: Article

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