Seven-Year Surveillance of emm Types of Pediatric Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis Isolates in Western Greece

• George A. Syrogiannopoulos ,

  * E-mail: syrogian@otenet.gr

  Affiliation University of Thessaly, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, General University Hospital of Larissa, Biopolis, Larissa, Greece

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• Ioanna N. Grivea,

  Affiliation University of Thessaly, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, General University Hospital of Larissa, Biopolis, Larissa, Greece

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• Adnan Al-Lahham,

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology and National Reference Center for Streptococci, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany, School of Applied Medical Sciences, German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan

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• Maria Panagiotou,

  Affiliations University of Thessaly, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, General University Hospital of Larissa, Biopolis, Larissa, Greece, University of Patras, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, General University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Patras, Greece

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• Alexandra G. Tsantouli,

  Affiliation University of Thessaly, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, General University Hospital of Larissa, Biopolis, Larissa, Greece

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• Aspasia N. Michoula Ralf René Reinert,

  Current address: Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Paris, France

  Affiliations University of Thessaly, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, General University Hospital of Larissa, Biopolis, Larissa, Greece, Institute for Medical Microbiology and National Reference Center for Streptococci, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany

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• Mark van der Linden

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and National Reference Center for Streptococci, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany

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