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Pharyngeal carriage of group A beta-haemolytic streptococci in coloured and Indian schoolchildren.
S Afr Med J. 1983 Nov 05; 64(20):779-81.SA

Abstract

Throat swabs for group A beta-haemolytic streptococci were taken from 120 Coloured children and 126 Indian children at approximately 3-monthly intervals during 1980. The prevalence of positive throat swabs was related to crowding at home as measured by the number of people per bedroom. Coloured homes were much more crowded than Indian homes, but no statistical relationship was found between the number of persons per bedroom and the positivity rates. Both groups of children had high positivity rates in summer (24,4% and 21,3% for Coloureds and Indians respectively) but low rates in spring (4,3% and 3,4% respectively). These positivity rates do not support the provision of primary prophylaxis against acute rheumatic fever for these children.

Authors

Ransome OJ
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Roode H
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Spector I
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Reinach SG
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MeSH

African AmericansAfrican Continental Ancestry GroupChildHousingHumansIndiaNasopharynxPharyngeal DiseasesPharynxSeasonsSouth AfricaStatistics as TopicStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pyogenes

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

6356403

Citation

Ransome, O J., et al. "Pharyngeal Carriage of Group a Beta-haemolytic Streptococci in Coloured and Indian Schoolchildren." South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde, vol. 64, no. 20, 1983, pp. 779-81.
Ransome OJ, Roode H, Spector I, et al. Pharyngeal carriage of group A beta-haemolytic streptococci in coloured and Indian schoolchildren. S Afr Med J. 1983;64(20):779-81.
Ransome, O. J., Roode, H., Spector, I., & Reinach, S. G. (1983). Pharyngeal carriage of group A beta-haemolytic streptococci in coloured and Indian schoolchildren. South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde, 64(20), 779-81.
Ransome OJ, et al. Pharyngeal Carriage of Group a Beta-haemolytic Streptococci in Coloured and Indian Schoolchildren. S Afr Med J. 1983 Nov 5;64(20):779-81. PubMed PMID: 6356403.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Pharyngeal carriage of group A beta-haemolytic streptococci in coloured and Indian schoolchildren. AU - Ransome,O J, AU - Roode,H, AU - Spector,I, AU - Reinach,S G, PY - 1983/11/5/pubmed PY - 1983/11/5/medline PY - 1983/11/5/entrez SP - 779 EP - 81 JF - South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde JO - S Afr Med J VL - 64 IS - 20 N2 - Throat swabs for group A beta-haemolytic streptococci were taken from 120 Coloured children and 126 Indian children at approximately 3-monthly intervals during 1980. The prevalence of positive throat swabs was related to crowding at home as measured by the number of people per bedroom. Coloured homes were much more crowded than Indian homes, but no statistical relationship was found between the number of persons per bedroom and the positivity rates. Both groups of children had high positivity rates in summer (24,4% and 21,3% for Coloureds and Indians respectively) but low rates in spring (4,3% and 3,4% respectively). These positivity rates do not support the provision of primary prophylaxis against acute rheumatic fever for these children. SN - 0256-9574 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/6356403/Pharyngeal_carriage_of_group_A_beta_haemolytic_streptococci_in_coloured_and_Indian_schoolchildren_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -