Epidemiology of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease in the United States, 1995–1999

Clinical Infectious Diseases 1 Aug 2002 Vol.35 N.3 p.268–276

Katherine L. O’Brien,1,a Bernard Beall,1 Nancy L. Barrett,6 Paul R. Cieslak,7 Arthur Reingold,8,9 Monica M. Farley,3,4,5 Richard Danila,10 Elizabeth R. Zell,2 Richard Facklam,1 Benjamin Schwartz,1 and Anne Schuchat,1

for the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance/Emerging Infections Program Network1Respiratory Diseases and 2Biostatistics and Information Management Branches, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3Emerging Infections Program, Georgia Department of Human Resources, 4Emory University School of Medicine, and 5Atlanta VA Medical Center, Georgia; 6Emerging Infections Program, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford; 7Emerging Infections Program, Health Division, Oregon Department of Human Resources, Portland; 8California Emerging Infections Program and 9School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; and 10Emerging Infections Program, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis
 
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