emm type distribution pattern of group a streptococcus in north India: Need for a new preventive approach

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 741-744

  Dhanda, V ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Thakur, J S ^a   Chakraborti, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CARRIER PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STREPTOCOCCAL M PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; PHARYNGITIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 78751561604     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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