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

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
² 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.
³ 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.

Review

Jeremy P Carr et al. Arch Dis Child. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb;101(2):198-201.

doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309788.

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
² 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.
³ 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.

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Keywords: Epidemiology; Infectious Diseases.

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