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. 2023 Feb 27:27:100597.
doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100597. eCollection 2023 Apr.

Increasing incidence and severity of invasive Group A streptococcal disease in Spanish children in 2019-2022

Elvira Cobo-Vázquez  1   2 , David Aguilera-Alonso  2   3   4 , Jaime Carrasco-Colom  5 , Cristina Calvo  4   6 , Jesús Saavedra-Lozano  3   4   7 ; PedGAS-net Working Group
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Increasing incidence and severity of invasive Group A streptococcal disease in Spanish children in 2019-2022

Elvira Cobo-Vázquez et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. .
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Fig. 1
Monthly distribution of invasive Streptococcal Group A disease in children between 2019 and 2022. The red lines indicate remarkable changes in public health measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission. The blue shaded area indicates respiratory syncytial virus epidemics in Spain.
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