Streptococcal surveillance in remote Arctic populations. The development of a system for detection of Group A pharyngitis and the prevention of nonsuppurative sequelae

MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Alaska
• Arctic Regions
• Bacteriological Techniques
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Glomerulonephritis / prevention & control
• Humans
• Infant
• Pharyngitis / epidemiology*
• Rheumatic Fever / prevention & control
• Streptococcal Infections / epidemiology*
• Streptococcal Infections / prevention & control
• Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification