EClinicalMedicine 2022 Jun 20;48:101458. Epub 2022 May 20.
Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, PO Box 855, West Perth, Nedlands, WA 6872, Australia.
Background: Contemporary data for the global burden of sore throat and group A (Strep A) pharyngitis are required to understand the frequency of disease and develop value propositions for Strep A vaccines.
Methods: We used Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science platform to search WoS core collection, PubMed, Medline, data citation index, KCI-Korean Journal Database, Russian Science Citation Index, and the SciELO Citation Index for articles published between Jan 1, 2000, and Feb 15, 2021, from any country and in any language. The risk of bias was assessed using the JBI critical appraisal checklist. Read More