Journal article

Strain prevalence, rather than innate virulence potential, is the major factor responsible for an increase in serious group A streptococcus infections

Susan Rogers, Robert Commons, Margaret H Danchin, Gowri Selvaraj, Loraine Kelpie, Nigel Curtis, Roy Robins-Browne, Jonathan R Carapetis

Journal of Infectious Diseases | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2007

DOI: 10.1086/513875

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Keywords

Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Child, Preschool
Child
Aged, 80 and Over
Infectious Diseases
Noninvasive Infections
Aged
Microbiology
Science & Technology
Prevalence
Streptococcal Infections
Carrier Proteins
Random Amplified Polymorphic Dna Technique
Middle Aged
Toxic-Shock-Syndrome
Virulence
Clinical-Features
Epidemiologic Analysis
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Population Surveillance
Disease
Pyogenes
Antigens, Bacterial
Immunology
Adolescent
North-Carolina
Adult
Carrier State
M Protein
Invasive Infections
Humans
Superantigens
Streptococcus Pyogenes
Infant
Pharyngitis
Female
Male