Longitudinal surveillance of group A streptococcal pharyngitis and impetigo in remote Western Australian school children informs acute rheumatic fever prevention

Author(s):

Janessa Pickering, Dylan D. Barth, Bernadette Wong, Elizabeth McKinnon, Marianne Mullane, Alexandra Whelan, August Mikucki, Rebecca Dalton, Abbey Ford, Gelsa Cinanni, John Joseph, Andrew J. Hayes, Mark R. Davies, Alana Whitcombe, Nicole J. Moreland, Liam Bedford, Scott Winslow, John Jacky, Robyn Macarthur, Shelley Kneebone, Narelle Ozies, Delia Lawford, Jonathan Carapetis, Asha C. Bowen

Details:

PLOS Global Public Health, Volume 5, Issue 12 December, 2025-12-01, Article number e0005398

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Affiliations:

• The University of Western Australia
• University of Auckland
• The Kids Research Institute Australia
• The University of Notre Dame Australia
• Department of Microbiology & Immunology
• Menzies School of Health Research
• Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
• PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA
• Perth Children's Hospital
• University of Western
• Broome Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (Aboriginal Corporation)
• Derby Aboriginal Health Service