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. 2015 Jan;21(1):177-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid2101.141148.

Community-acquired invasive GAS disease among Native Americans, Arizona, USA, Winter 2013

Aaron M Harris, Del Yazzie, Ramona Antone-Nez, Gayle Dinè-Chacon, J B Kinlacheeny, David Foley, Seema Yasmin, Laura Adams, Eugene Livar, Andrew Terranella, Linda Yeager, Ken Komatsu, Chris Van Beneden, Gayle Langley

Community-acquired invasive GAS disease among Native Americans, Arizona, USA, Winter 2013

Aaron M Harris et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jan.
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Week of symptom onset and principal clinical syndrome of patients with confirmed invasive group A streptococcus infections at hospital X, Arizona, August 2012–March 2013. STSS, streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.
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