Hypervirulent emm59 Clone in Invasive Group A Streptococcus Outbreak, Southwestern United States

The hyper-virulent emm59 genotype of invasive group A Streptococcus was identified in northern Arizona in 2015. Eighteen isolates belonging to a genomic cluster grouped most closely with recently identified isolates in New Mexico. The continued transmission of emm59 in the southwestern United States...

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Autores principales: Engelthaler, David M., Valentine, Michael, Bowers, Jolene, Pistole, Jennifer, Driebe, Elizabeth M., Terriquez, Joel, Nienstadt, Linus, Carroll, Mark, Schumacher, Mare, Ormsby, Mary Ellen, Brady, Shane, Livar, Eugene, Yazzie, Del, Waddell, Victor, Peoples, Marie, Komatsu, Kenneth, Keim, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26982330
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2204.151582
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Sumario:The hyper-virulent emm59 genotype of invasive group A Streptococcus was identified in northern Arizona in 2015. Eighteen isolates belonging to a genomic cluster grouped most closely with recently identified isolates in New Mexico. The continued transmission of emm59 in the southwestern United States poses a public health concern.

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