Increased reports of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from laboratories in Scotland in 2010 and 2011 - Impact of the epidemic in infants

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Gadsby, N J ^a   Reynolds, A J ^b   McMenamin, J ^b   Gunson, R N ^c   McDonagh, S ^d   Molyneaux, P J ^e   Yirrell, D L ^f   Templeton, K E ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c West of Scotland Specialist Virology Laboratory Gartnavel   (United Kingdom)

^d RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MACROLIDE; RNA 23S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858230308     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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