Increase of emm1 isolates among group A Streptococcus strains causing scarlet fever in Shanghai, China

Increase of emm1 isolates among group A Streptococcus strains causing scarlet fever in Shanghai, China

Objective: Scarlet fever epidemics caused by group A Streptococcus (GAS) have been ongoing in China since 2011. However, limited data are available on the dynamic molecular characterizations of the epidemic strains. Method: Epidemiological data of scarlet fever in Shanghai were obtained from the Nat...

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Main Authors: Mingliang Chen, Jiehao Cai, Mark R. Davies, Yuefang Li, Chi Zhang, Weilei Yao, Dechuan Kong, Hao Pan, Xi Zhang, Mei Zeng, Min Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Scarlet fever
emm1
Group A Streptococcus
Antibiotic resistance
Pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)
Whole-genome sequencing
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