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Abstract:
In late May 1994, following reports of an outbreak of group A beta-haemolytic streptococcus (GAS) in the United Kingdom, the Istituto Superiore di Sanita (ISS) set up a surveillance system for systemic invasive GAS disease. The surveillance system was als
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