AFROStrep (SA): a surveillance system for group A streptococcal infection in South Africa
BACKGROUND AND AIMS OF THE THESIS: Group A β-haemolytic Streptococcus (GAS) also known as Streptococcus pyogenes, is responsible for a wide range of invasive and non-invasive GAS diseases. Prevalence and incidence data on GAS from developing countries are largely lacking when compared with industria...
Main Author: | Barth, Dylan Dominic |
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Other Authors: | Engel, Mark E |
Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2019
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29316 |
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