Streptococcal Vaccines
Scientists at University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute release new data on streptococcal vaccines
Published in Vaccine Weekly, June 27th, 2007
New research, "Group A streptococcal infections in children," is the subject of a report. According to recent research published in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, "The group A streptococcus causes the widest range of disease in humans of all bacterial pathogens. Group A streptococcal diseases are more common in children than adults with diseases ranging from pharyngitis and impetigo to invasive infections and the post-streptococcal sequelae--acute rheumatic fever and acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis."
"The global burden of severe group A streptococcal disease is concentrated largely in developing countries and Indigenous populations such...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2007-06-27)
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