Surveillance of systemic invasive disease caused by group A Streptococcus in Italy 1994-1996

B Suligoi; C Von Hunolstein; G Orefici; F Scopetti; M Pataracchia; D Greco

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Surveillance of systemic invasive disease caused by group A Streptococcus in Italy 1994-1996
B Suligoi¹ , C Von Hunolstein² , G Orefici² , F Scopetti² , M Pataracchia² , D Greco¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Reparto Malattie Infettive, Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy ² Laboratorio di Batteriologia e Micologia Medica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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Citation style for this article: Suligoi B, Von Hunolstein C, Orefici G, Scopetti F, Pataracchia M, Greco D. Surveillance of systemic invasive disease caused by group A Streptococcus in Italy 1994-1996. Euro Surveill. 1998;3(2):pii=117. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.03.02.00117-en

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Abstract

In late May 1994, following reports of an outbreak of group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus (GAS) in the United Kingdom, the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) set up a surveillance system for systemic invasive GAS disease. The surveillance system was als