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Molecular genetic analysis of 675 group A streptococcus isolates collected in a carrier study at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Sept 2003
Hoe Nancy P, Fullerton Kathleen E, Liu Mengyao, Peters John E, Gackstetter Gary D, Adams Gerald J, Musser James M
Abstract excerpt
Contemporary molecular genetic analysis methods have not been used to study large samples of carriage isolates of group A Streptococcus. To determine the emm types causing asymptomatic carriage and pharyngitis in a closed population, we analyzed 675 isolates recovered from a population-based surveillance study of 10,634 recruits at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, during 4 months in 1993-1994. Strains with emm1...
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