Continued High Levels of Invasive Streptococcus pyogenes Infections in Belgian Children Under 5 Years: Exploring Different Contributing Factors
Levels of iGAS infections remained high up to 2 years after lifting nonpharmaceutical interventions, and this increase is undoubtedly multifactorial. Continued high-quality surveillance is required to follow up the situation.
Authors
- Pierre R. Smeesters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2642-9919)
- Laura Cornelissen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4550-9439)
- Frederik De Keersmaeker
- Sien De Koster
- Veerle Matheeussen
Institutions
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Antwerp University Hospital (BE)
- Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital (BE)
- Sciensano (Belgium) (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Published
- 2026-01-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000005165
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00