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Skin disease has several serious complications including heart and kidney disease.
Jonathan Rosemary Carapetis AM Wyber AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS MBChB MPH FRACGP PhD Executive Director; Co-Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of REACH Senior Research Fellow 08 6319 1000 contact@thekids.org.au Institute Director; Head, Strep
In recent years, the interest in molecular diagnostic methods for the detection of many pathogens has grown substantially.
Strep A causes over 775 million infections each year world-wide, including over 615 million cases of tonsil infection (Strep throat).
This study was designed to determine the sensitivity and reproducibility of recovering anti-streptolysin O titres (ASOT) from dried blood spot (DBS) samples.