title: QUESTION 1: Are household contacts of patients with invasive group A streptococcal disease at higher risk of secondary infection?
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Jeremy P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Paediatric Department, Academic Children Hospital Queen Fabiola, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Pierre R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Smeesters
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steer
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D002648:Child; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000635:transmission; D016358:Contact Tracing; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes
keywords: Epidemiology; Infectious Diseases