Molecular Epidemiology of Group A <em>Streptococcus</em> Infections in The Gambia

Molecular Epidemiology of Group A <em>Streptococcus</em> Infections in The Gambia

Molecular epidemiological data on Group A <i>Streptococcus</i> (GAS) infection in Africa is scarce. We characterized the <i>emm-</i>types and <i>emm</i>-clusters of 433 stored clinical GAS isolates from The Gambia collected between 2004 and 2018. To reduce the pot...

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Main Authors: Sona Jabang, Annette Erhart, Saffiatou Darboe, Aru-Kumba Baldeh, Valerie Delforge, Gabriella Watson, Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Rasheed Salaudeen, Bolarinde Lawal, Grant Mackenzie, Anne Botteaux, Martin Antonio, Pierre R. Smeesters, on behalf of The MRCG StrepA Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Vaccines
Subjects:
group A <i>streptococcus</i>
<i>emm</i>-type
<i>emm</i>-cluster
vaccine
The Gambia
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/2/124

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