Evaluating Household Transmission of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease in the United States Using Population-based Surveillance Data, 2013–2016

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• Alternative Title:
  Clin Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Adebanjo, Tolulope ; Apostol, Mirasol ; Alden, Nisha ; Petit, Susan ; Tunali, Amy ; Torres, Salina ; Hollick, Rosemary ; Bell, Austin ; Muse, Alison ; Poissant, Tasha ; Schaffner, William ; Van Beneden, Chris A.
• Description:
  Using population-based surveillance data, we quantified the secondary invasive group A Streptococcus disease risk among household contacts. The disease risk in the 30 days postexposure to an index-case patient was highest among individuals aged ≥65 years, versus the annual background incidence of all ages.
• Subjects:
  Family Characteristics Humans Incidence Population Surveillance Streptococcal Infections
• Source:
  Clin Infect Dis. 70(7):1478-1481
• Pubmed ID:
  31408094
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8935355
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b6d3c63d2c773c972f3a5d7819941fb2287f72e40a4f8d2aa1904938d0b3be27
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/115605/cdc_115605_DS1.pdf
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