title: Rheumatogenic and nephritogenic group A streptococci. Myth or reality? An opening lecture.
authors.affiliation: Communicable Disease Centre, Porirua, New Zealand.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014774:Virulence