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Original Article

Streptococcal Types in Impetigo and Acute Glomerulonephritis among Children in Addis Ababa

Pia Axemo Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
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Lennart Freij Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
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Pietros Hadgu Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
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Stig E. Holm Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
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Gunilla Islander Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
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Anneli Larsson Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
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Lena Nilsson Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden
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Pages 161-164 | Published online: 02 Jan 2015

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