Complex surveillance of Streptococcus pyogenes. I. Immunological surveys of anti-M antibodies and possibilities of long-term epidemiological prognosis.
J Hyg Epidemiol Microbiol Immunol
; 19(1): 48-60, 1975.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1092756
ABSTRACT
The results of complex surveillance of Streptococcus pyogenes, based on mass infections in the Czechoslovak army over a period of 11 years, are submitted. The epidemiological method revealed an incidence of cycles, lasting several years, of predominant pairs of T types, most of which could not be typed by their M protein. Auxiliary immunological surveys allowed the biological M activity of widespread strains to be estimated and probably form a basis for considerations on a negative long-term epidemiological type prognosis. The preliminary results presented offer prospects for a realistic methodological approach to the question of the type content of a future antistreptococcal vaccine.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Streptococcal Infections
/
Streptococcus
/
Antibodies, Bacterial
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
/
Screening_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
J Hyg Epidemiol Microbiol Immunol
Year:
1975
Document type:
Article