Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in Older Adults in Long-term Care Facilities and the Community, United States, 1998–20031

Emerging Infectious Diseases journal   Dec 2007 Vol.13  N.12  

Michael C. Thigpen,*  Chesley L. Richards Jr.,* Ruth Lynfield,† Nancy L. Barrett,‡ Lee H. Harrison,§ Kathryn E. Arnold,¶ Arthur Reingold,# Nancy M. Bennett,** Allen S. Craig,†† Ken Gershman,‡‡ Paul R. Cieslak,§§ Paige Lewis,* Carolyn M. Greene,* Bernard Beall,* and Chris A. Van Beneden,* for the Active Bacterial Core surveillance/Emerging Infections Program Network 

 *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; ‡Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; §Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ¶Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; #University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, California, USA; **University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA; ††Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; ‡‡Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, USA; and §§Oregon State Public Health, Portland, Oregon, USA

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