Heterogeneity of community based pediatric GAS isolates from India: Challenges to the multivalent vaccine approach

International Congress Series

Volumn 1289, Issue , 2006, Pages 49-53

  Sharma, Meenakshi ^a   Shah, Bela ^a   Dhaliwal, R S ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^b   Brahmadathan, K N ^c   Vohra, H ^b   Chakraborti, A ^b   Joseph, A ^c   Ganguly, N K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

emm type; Group A Streptococcus; Impetigo; M protein; Pharyngitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645927020     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.11.074     Document Type: Article

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