Epidemiological analysis of non-M-typeable group A Streptococcus isolates from a Thai population in northern Thailand

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Abstract
Infection with group A streptococci (GAS) can lead to the development of severe postinfectious sequelae such as rheumatic fever (RF). In Thailand, RF and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remain important health problems. More than 80% of GAS circulating in this population are non-M antigen typeable by …
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Authors Pruksakorn S;Sittisombut N;Phornphutkul C;Pruksachatkunakorn C;Good MF;Brandt E;;
Journal Journal of clinical microbiology
Year 2000
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10699034
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't sequence alignment Antigens DNA Base Sequence Molecular Sequence Data Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods bacterial* sequence homology streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification nucleic acid bacterial proteins / genetics carrier proteins / genetics impetigo / microbiology streptococcal infections / microbiology bacterial / genetics streptococcal infections / epidemiology* thailand / epidemiology geography streptococcus pyogenes / classification serotyping / methods molecular epidemiology pharyngitis / microbiology bacterial outer membrane proteins* streptococcus pyogenes / genetics* carrier proteins / isolation & purification pmid:10699034 pmc86390 doi:10.1128/jcm.38.3.1250-1254.2000 s pruksakorn n sittisombut e brandt bacterial proteins / isolation & purification rheumatic heart disease / microbiology

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