Increased detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children in England and Wales, October 2011 to January 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Chalker, V ^a   Stocki, T ^a   Litt, D ^a   Bermingham, A ^a   Watson, J ^a   Fleming, D M ^b   Harrison, T G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; DATA BASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856983162     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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