Epidemiology of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis in Tropical Communities, Northern Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1694-1700

  McDonald, Malcolm ^a,b   Towers, Rebecca J ^a   Andrews, Ross M ^a   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a   Currie, Bart J ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNGITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TROPICS;

EID: 36248999539     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1311.061258     Document Type: Article

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