Invasive group a Streptococcus infection among children, rural Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 224-232

  Seale, Anna C ^a,b   Davies, Mark R ^c,d,e   Anampiu, Kirimi ^a   Morpeth, Susan C ^a,f   Nyongesa, Sammy ^a   Mwarumba, Salim ^a   Smeesters, Pierre R ^c,g   Efstratiou, Androulla ^h,i   Karugutu, Rosylene ^j   Mturi, Neema ^a   Williams, Thomas N ^a,i   Scott, J Anthony G ^a,f   Kariuki, Samuel ^e,j   Dougan, Gordon ^e   Berkley, James A ^a,b  

^a University of Oxford ^*  (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; KENYA; KWASHIORKOR; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA; SCABIES; SEROTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICULAR RASH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955148271     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2202.151358     Document Type: Article

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