Group a streptococcal infections during the seasonal influenza outbreak 2010/11 in South East England

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Scaber, J ^a   Saeed, S ^a   Ihekweazu, C ^a   Efstratiou, A ^b   McCarthy, N ^a   O'Moore, É ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPYEMA; ENDOMETRITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951561092     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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