| dc.contributor.author | Dawson, KP | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ameen, AS | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nsanze, H | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bin-Othman, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mustafa, N | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-10T14:43:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-10T14:43:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1996-06 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ann Trop Paediatr. 1996 Jun;16(2):123-7. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8790675 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/31010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to establish the carrier rate of group A beta haemolytic streptococci in school children in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. One thousand and two randomly selected school children aged 5-7 years had their throats swabbed twice for both culture and direct antigen detection of group A streptococci. One hundred and fourteen children (11.3%) had both a positive antigen and culture test, while 216 (21.6%) had antigen-positive tests only and 16 (1.5%) had a positive culture only. Thus, the combination of culture and antigen detection revealed a carrier rate of 35.4% in the children examined. We conclude that in an affluent but isolated desert area on the Tropic of Cancer, group A streptococcal carriage rate is high. Antigen detection is superior to culture techniques in asymptomatic carrier studies. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi. | en |
| dc.title | The prevalence of group A streptococcal throat carriage in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Medicine | en |
