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burden of group a streptococcal meningitis in salvador, brazil: report of 11 years of population-based surveillance.

over recent decades, a resurgence of invasive group a streptococcal (gas) infections has been observed; gas remains a rare cause of pyogenic meningitis. we report herein population-based findings of long-term surveillance for gas meningitis in salvador, brazil, and estimate the overall burden of invasive gas infections.