The presence of M protein in nontypeable group A streptococcal upper respiratory tract isolates from Southeast Asia.

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Published in J Infect Dis on March 01, 1994

Authors

P O Tran1, D R Johnson, E L Kaplan

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1: Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455.

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