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Virulence potential of Group A streptococci isolated from throat cultures of children from north India

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Rheumatic fever (RF)/rheumatic heart disease (RHD) caused by Group A streptococcus (GAS) are more prevalent in north India as compared to the western world, where invasive diseases are common. This could be due to variation in the virulence of GAS in different geographic...

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Autores principales: Dhanda, V., Vohra, H., Kumar, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21727670