Increase in invasive group A streptococcal infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2008-9

T L Lamagni; A Efstratiou; J Dennis; P Nair; J Kearney; R George; Collective on behalf of the national incident management team

doi:10.2807/ese.14.05.19110-en

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Increase in invasive group A streptococcal infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2008-9

T L Lamagni¹, A Efstratiou¹, J Dennis¹, P Nair², J Kearney², R George¹, Collective on behalf of the national incident management team^1,2
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Affiliations: ¹ Health Protection Agency (HPA) Centre for Infections, London, United Kingdom ² Health Protection Agency (HPA) Local and Regional Services, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Citation style for this article: Lamagni T L, Efstratiou A, Dennis J, Nair P, Kearney J, George R, on behalf of the national incident management team Collective. Increase in invasive group A streptococcal infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2008-9. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(5):pii=19110. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.05.19110-en Received: 02 Feb 2009; Accepted:

Abstract

Increases in invasive and non-invasive group A streptococcal diseases are currently being seen in the United Kingdom. National enhanced surveillance is being launched to examine the clinical presentations, risk factors, outcome and clustering patterns of cases to further inform public health management strategies.