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Determination of Group A Streptococcal Anti-M Type-Specific Antibody in Sera of Rheumatic Fever Patients after 45 Years
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 09/25/09

Bencivenga JF et al. – Group A streptococcal M type–specific protective antibodies–especially their persistence in humans–are incompletely understood. Such information is essential for understanding the epidemiology and pathogenesis of these infections and their sequelae and is equally crucial for producing a group A streptococcal vaccine.

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Dr Edward L. Kaplan, 09/27/09

The persistence of type specific antibody is important not only in understanding the epidemiology of these infections, but also as one considers how one might construct a group A streptococcal vaccine.

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Group A Streptococcus virulence and host factors in two toddlers with rheumatic fever following toxic shock syndrome
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 11/06/09 Relevance Score: 66%

Clinical Presentation of Rheumatic Fever in an Endemic Area
BMJ - Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 11/12/09 Relevance Score: 65%

UCI researchers create compound that boosts anti-inflammatory fat levels
EurekAlert, 11/17/09 Relevance Score: 64%

Management of fever in children: Summary of the Italian pediatric society guidelines
Clinical Therapeutics, 10/19/09 Relevance Score: 45%

Differentiating PFAPA Syndrome From Monogenic Periodic Fevers
Pediatrics, 10/01/09 Relevance Score: 45%