The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 1 , Pages 58-63 , July 2006

Continued high caseload of rheumatic fever in western Pennsylvania: Possible rheumatogenic emm types of streptococcus pyogenes

Received 3 November 2005 ,Revised 12 January 2006 ,Accepted 1 March 2006.

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 Supported the National Institutes of Health 5K23 AI01713-02, General Clinical Research Center of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Grant #MOIRR000084.No reprints available from authors.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.03.006

The Journal of Pediatrics
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