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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2026

Clinical features and trends of severe paediatric group A streptococcal infections in Japan in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era.

Ayumi Tada, Shogo Otake, Taizo Kusano, Tadashi Hoshino, Masayoshi Shinjoh, Taizo Wada, Masaaki Mori, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Naruhiko Ishiwada, Japanese Severe Paediatric Group A Streptococcal Infections Study Group 8

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ayumi TadaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1040-0221
Shogo OtakeDepartment of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine School of Medicine, Japan.
Taizo KusanoDivision of Infectious Diseases, Chiba Children's Hospital, Japan.
Tadashi HoshinoDivision of Infectious Diseases, Chiba Children's Hospital, Japan.
Masayoshi ShinjohDepartment of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6291-7186
Taizo WadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Kanazawa University, Japan.
Masaaki MoriDepartment of Lifelong Immunotherapy, Institute of Science, Japan.
Hiroyuki MoriuchiNational Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University, Japan.
Naruhiko IshiwadaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7508-1330
Japanese Severe Paediatric Group A Streptococcal Infections Study Group 8

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A global increase in severe group A

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COVID-19Streptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pyogenesAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantJapanMaleShock, Septicchildrenempyemainvasive group A StreptococcusJapanstreptococcal toxic shock syndrome

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PMID41709571
PMCPMC13100923

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