Ontario Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Study

Participants	Laboratory personnel, physicians, infection control practitioners and public health personnel across the province of Ontario, Canada.
Principal Investigators	Donald E. Low, M.D.   Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto    Toronto, Canada   Allison McGeer, M.D.   Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto   Toronto, Canada
Co-investigators	Karen Green, RN, CIC   Mount Sinai Hospital   Toronto, Canada   H. Dele Davies, M.D.   Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary   Calgary, Canada   Benjamin Schwartz, M.D.   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   Atlanta, Georgia, USA   Andrew Simor, M.D.   Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto,   Toronto, Canada.
Collaborators	Malak Kotb, Ph.D.   Veterans Affairs Medical Centre, University of Tennessee,   Memphis, Tennessee, USA   Anna Norrby-Teglund, Ph.D.   Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital   Huddinge, Sweden   James Talbot, M.D., Ph.D.   National Centre for Streptococcus, University of Alberta,   Edmonton, Canada   Marguerite Lovgren, A.R.T.   National Centre for Streptococcus, University of Alberta,    Edmonton, Canada   Keith O'Rourke, MSc.   Loeb Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa,    Ottawa, Canada   Monika Naus, M.D.   Ministry of Health of Ontario   Toronto, Canada
Undergraduates/ Graduates/ Post-Docs/Fellows	Rupert Kaul, M.D. Wayne Gold, M.D. Brigitte Demers, M.D. Katherine Hayward, M.D. Kevin Laupland, M.D. Abdu Sharkawy, M.D. Matthew Muller, M.D.
Study Staff	Agron Plevneshi   Study Co-ordinator   Sylvia Pong-Porter,R.T.   Research Technologist   Yana Rzayev   Research Technician
Funding Sources	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention M.D.S. Health Group Limited U.S. Veterans Administration The Swedish Institute The Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network The Fulbright Commission The National Institutes of Health