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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2023

Increase in invasive group A streptococcal infection notifications, England, 2022.

Rebecca Guy, Katherine L Henderson, Juliana Coelho, Helen Hughes, Emily L Mason, Sarah M Gerver, Alicia Demirjian, Conall Watson, Ashley Sharp, Colin S Brown and 1 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
107citing papers in PubMed
56.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

107 citing papers in PubMed, 196 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rebecca GuyHCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU and Sepsis Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom.
Katherine L HendersonHCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU and Sepsis Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom.
Juliana CoelhoStaphylococcus and Streptococcus Reference Section, AMRHAI, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom.
Helen HughesReal-time Syndromic Surveillance Team, Field Services Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom.
Emily L MasonHCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU and Sepsis Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom.
Sarah M GerverHCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU and Sepsis Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom.
Alicia DemirjianHCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU and Sepsis Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom.
Conall WatsonImmunisation and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom.
Ashley SharpHCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU and Sepsis Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom.
Colin S BrownHCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU and Sepsis Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom.
Theresa LamagniHCAI, Fungal, AMR, AMU and Sepsis Division, UK Health Security Agency, London, United Kingdom.
UK Health Security Agency · GBKing's College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increases in invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection and associated deaths, particularly in children, above seasonally expected levels are being seen this season (772 notifications reported in weeks 37 to 48 in 2022) across England. Diagnoses of iGAS infection from lower respiratory tract specimens in children under 15 years increased to 28% in November 2022. Medical practitioners have been alerted to the exceptional increase in incidence, including unusual numbers of children presenting with pulmonary empyema.

Indexed as

Streptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pyogenesChildDisease NotificationEnglandHumansIncidenceSeasonschildrenEnglandGroup A streptococcusinvasiveStreptococcus pyogenes

Identifiers

PMID36695450
PMCPMC9817207
OpenAlexW4313575657

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