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A report on the first outbreak of a single clone group A Streptococcus (emm-type 89) tonsillopharyngitis in China.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi - 1 Dec 2014
Liu Ying-Mei, Zhao Jian-Zhong, Li Bin-Bin, Yang Jun-Yong, Dong Xiao-Gen, Zhang Jian-Jun, Cao Bin
Abstract excerpt
In 2012, 28 out of 140 staff working for a film crew in a Beijing movie and television base experienced a sudden onset of fever, sore throat, and/or tiredness, headache within the 24 hour period of July 26-27. All of the patients visited the hospital and were diagnosed as having tonsillopharyngitis. On July 28, 2012, a team of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff arrived and initiated an outbreak...
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