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  • Euro Surveill. Increased detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children in England and Wales, October 2011 to January 2012

    [Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
    Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 6, 09 February 2012

    Rapid communications

    Increased detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children in England and Wales, October 2011 to January 2012


    V J Chalker ()<SUP>1</SUP>, T Stocki<SUP>1</SUP>, D Litt<SUP>1</SUP>, A Bermingham<SUP>1</SUP>, J Watson<SUP>1</SUP>, D M Fleming<SUP>2</SUP>, T G Harrison<SUP>1</SUP>
    1. Health Protection Agency, Colindale, London, United Kingdom
    2. Birmingham Research Unit of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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    Citation style for this article: Chalker VJ, Stocki T, Litt D, Bermingham A, Watson J, Fleming DM, Harrison TG. Increased detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in children in England and Wales, October 2011 to January 2012 . Euro Surveill. 2012;17(6):pii=20081. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20081
    Date of submission: 06 February 2012
    <HR>Community surveillance data, based on quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis, showed that one in seven children aged 5?14 years with respiratory signs tested positive for Mycoplasma pneumoniae in England and Wales from October 2011 to January 2012 ? a higher proportion than that seen in previous years. Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis indicates that at least seven known and two novel strain types were circulating in England and Wales during this period.
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