Differences between Belgian and Brazilian group A streptococcus epidemiologic landscape

PLoS ONE

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Smeesters, Pierre Robert ^a,b,c   Vergison, Anne ^a   Campos, Dioclécio ^c   de Aguiar, Eurico ^d   Deyi, Veronique Yvette Miendje ^e   Van Melderen, Laurence ^b  

^a HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Regional da Asa Sul   (Brazil)

^e BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SEROTYPING; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TIME; VACCINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMPETIGO; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CARRIER PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL M PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 43149122159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000010     Document Type: Article

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