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QUESTION 1: Are household contacts of patients with invasive group A streptococcal disease at higher risk of secondary infection?

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  • Jeremy P Carr Infectious Diseases Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nigel Curtis Infectious Diseases Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Pierre R Smeesters Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Paediatric Department, Academic Children Hospital Queen Fabiola, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Andrew Steer Infectious Diseases Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Andrew Steer, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia; andrew.steer{at}rch.org.au
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Carr JP, Curtis N, Smeesters PR, et al
QUESTION 1: Are household contacts of patients with invasive group A streptococcal disease at higher risk of secondary infection?
Archives of Disease in Childhood 2016;101:198-201.

Publication history

  • Received September 17, 2015
  • Revised December 1, 2015
  • Accepted December 5, 2015
  • First published January 20, 2016.
Online issue publication 
May 19, 2016

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