Burden of acute sore throat and group A streptococcal pharyngitis in school-aged children and their families in Australia

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 950-957

  Danchin, Margaret H ^a,b,d   Rogers, Susan ^d   Kelpie, Loraine ^d   Selvaraj, Gowri ^d   Curtis, Nigel ^a,b,d   Carlin, John B ^a,d   Nolan, Terence M ^a,d   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute pharyngitis; Carriage; Group A streptococci; Incidence; School aged children; Serology; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COHORT RETENTION; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SORE THROAT; SPRING; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SUMMER; WINTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STUDENTS;

EID: 36048948872     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3368     Document Type: Article

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