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Seven-year surveillance of north american pediatric group a streptococcal pharyngitis isolates.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Jul 2009
Shulman Stanford T, Tanz Robert R, Dale James B, Beall Bernard, Kabat William, Kabat Kathleen, Cederlund Emily, Patel Devendra, Rippe Jason, Li Zhongya, Sakota Varja
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BACKGROUND: Pharyngeal group A streptococcal (GAS) emm type surveillance enhances understanding of the epidemiology of pharyngitis and invasive GAS disease and formulation of multivalent type-specific vaccines. In addition, such surveillance provides pre-GAS vaccine baseline data. We assessed geographic and temporal trends in GAS emm-type distribution among pediatric pharyngeal isolates collected systematically...
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