Publications by year

• 2011
• 2009 
• 2008 
• 2007 
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• Pre 2003

HPA HPR-Weekly publications are listed under Epidemiological data

2011

• Zakikhany K, Degail MA, Lamagni T, Waight P, Guy R, Zhao H, Efstratiou A, Pebody R, George R, Ramsay M. Increase in increase Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in England, December 2010 to January 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(5):pii=19785. Available online

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2009

• Lamagni TL, Neal S, Keshishian C, Powell D, Potz N, Pebody R, et al. Predictors of mortality after severe Streptococcus pyogenes infection. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009; 15 (8) 1304-1307
• Lamagni TL, Efstratiou A, Dennis J, Nair P, Kearney J, George R, on behalf of the national incident management team. Increase in invasive group A streptococcal infections in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2008-9.   Euro Surveill. 2009;14(5):pii=19110.

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2008

• Lamagni TL, Neal S, Keshishian C, Hope V, George R, Duckworth G, Vuopio-Varkila J and Efstratiou A. Epidemic of severe Streptococcus pyogenes infections in injecting drug users in the UK, 2003–2004 Clin Microbiol Infect Published Online: Oct 21 2008 3:29PM
• Lamagni TL, et al. Epidemiology of Severe Streptococcus pyogenes  Disease in Europe. J Clin Microbiol  2008; 46 (7):2359-2367.
• HPA. Group A streptococcal infections: update on seasonal activity, 2007/08. Health Protection Report  [serial online] 2008; 2 (25).
• HPA. Group A streptococcal infections: 2007/2008 seasonal update. Health Protection Report  [serial online] 2008; 2 (15).
• Lamagni TL, Neal S, Keshishian C, Alhaddad N, George R, Duckworth G, Vuopio-Varkila J and Efstratiou A. Severe Streptococcus pyogenes Infections, United Kingdom, 2003-2004. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008; 14 (2) 202 -209.

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2007

• Neal S, Beall B, Ekelund K, Henriques-Normark B, Jasir A, Johnson D et al.International quality assurance study for characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45(4):1175-1179.
• Tanna A, Emery M, Dhami C, Arnold E, Efstratiou A. Molecular characterization of clinical isolates of M non-typable group A streptococci from invasive disease cases. J Med Microbiol 2006; 55(Pt 10):1419-1423.

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2006

• Efstratiou A, et al. Beta-Haemolytic Streptococci. In: Gillespie SH, Hawkey P, editors. Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology. Chichester: Wiley, 2006: 3-20.
• McNab R, et al. Oral and Other Non b-haemolytic Streptococci. In: Gillespie SH, Hawkey P, editors. Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology. Chichester: Wiley, 2006: 21-39.
• HPA. Scarlet fever outbreak in two nurseries in south west England. Comm Dis Rep CDR Wkly [serial online] 2006; 16(9).

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2005

• Lamagni TL, et al. Strep-EURO. The epidemiology of severe Streptococcus pyogenes associated disease in Europe. (PDF, 628 KB). Euro Surveill. 2005; 10(9): 179-184
• Smith A , et al. Invasive group A streptococcal disease: should close community contacts routinely receive antibiotic prophylaxis? Lancet Infect Dis 2005; 5 (8): 494-500

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2004

• HPA. Group A Streptococcus Working Group. Interim UK Guidelines for management of close community contacts of invasive group A streptococcal disease.  Commun DIs Public Health 2004; 7 (4): 354-361
• HPA. First year of the enhanced surveillance of group A streptococcal infections. Commun Dis Rep Wkly [serial online] 2004; 14(16)
• Weisner AM et al. Characterisation of group B streptococci recovered from infants with invasive disease in England and Wales. Clin Infec Dis 2004; 38: 1203-8
• Heath PT, et al. Group B streptococcal disease in UK and Irish infants younger than 90 days. Lancet 2004; 363:292-4

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2003

• Efstratiou A, et al. Increasing incidence of group A streptococcal infections amongst injecting drug users in England and Wales. J Med Microbiol 2003; 52: 525-6

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Pre 2003

• Facklam R, et al. Extension of the Lancefield Classification for Group A Streptococci by Addition of 22 New M Protein Gene Sequence Types from Clinical Isolates:emm103 to emm124. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 34: 28-38
• PHLS. Enhanced surveillance of group A streptococcal infections. Commun Dis Rep Wkly [serial online] 2002 12 (51)
• PHLS. Group A Streptococcal bacteraemia among injecting drug users. Commun Dis Rep Wlky [seial online] 2002; 12(22)
• PHLS. Incidence of group B streptococcal disease in infants aged less than 90 days. Commun Dis Rep Wkly [serial online] 2002; 12(16)
• Johnson AP, et al. Antibiotic susceptibility of streptococci and related genera causing endocarditis: analysis of UK reference laboratory referrals; January 1996 to March 2000. BMJ 2001; 322: 395-6
• Efstratiou A. Group A Streptococci in the 1990s. J Antimircrob Chemother 2000; 45 Suppl:3-12

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