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Risk for Severe Group A Streptococcal Disease among Patients’ Household Contacts

From January 1997 to April 1999, we determined attack rates for cases of invasive group A streptococcal (GAS) disease in household contacts of index patients using data from Active Bacterial Core Surveillance sites. Of 680 eligible index-patient households, 525 (77.2%) were enrolled in surveillance....

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Autores principales: Robinson, Katherine A., Rothrock, Gretchen, Phan, Quyen, Sayler, Brenda, Stefonek, Karen, Van Beneden, Chris, Levine, Orin S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12702224
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0904.020369