A Study of Illness in a Group of Cleveland Families

Abstract

THE behavior of infections due to Group A strcptococci that occurred in a group of Cleveland families is described in this paper. Many other studies have emphasized various aspects of the epidemiology of streptococcal infections as they occurred in military populations,^{1 , 2} hospital patients,³ outpatient groups,⁴ children,^{5 , 6} communities⁷ and patients seen in private practice.⁸ The present paper includes data regarding the frequency of acquisition of beta-hemolytic streptococci, the illnesses that occurred coincident with acquisitions and the factors influencing spread within families.MethodsThese observations were made as part of a long-term study of illness, the essential features of which have previously . . .