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EPIBAC is a microbiology laboratory reporting system for surveillance of several invasive infections including surveillance of streptococcal invasive disease (GAS, GBS and S. pneumoniae).
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Mehl-Auget, I., Vaillant, V., Goulet, V. (1997). Invasive Streptococcal Disease (Group A, B, and Streptococcus pneumoniae) in France 1987–1994. In: Horaud, T., Bouvet, A., Leclercq, R., de Montclos, H., Sicard, M. (eds) Streptococci and the Host. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 418. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_19
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