Prevalence of group A β-hemolytic streptococcal throat carriage and prospective pilot surveillance of streptococcal sore throat in Ugandan school children

Prevalence of group A β-hemolytic streptococcal throat carriage and prospective pilot surveillance of streptococcal sore throat in Ugandan school children

Objectives: Group A β-hemolytic Streptococcus (GAS), also known as Streptococcus pyogenes, is responsible for an annual 600 million cases of acute pharyngitis globally, with 92% of those infections occurring in low-resource settings. Further knowledge of the acute streptococcal pharyngitis burden in...

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Main Authors: Alyssa DeWyer, Amy Scheel, Allison R. Webel, Chris T. Longenecker, Jennipher Kamarembo, Twalib Aliku, Mark E. Engel, Asha C. Bowen, Freddie Bwanga, Ian Hovis, Aileen Chang, Rachel Sarnacki, Craig Sable, James B. Dale, Jonathan Carapetis, Joselyn Rwebembera, Emmy Okello, Andrea Beaton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220300151

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