Characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes causing invasive infections among adults in Portugal, 2016–2019: Pre-COVID-19 expansion of the M1UK sublineage

Background: Genome-based epidemiological surveillance of Streptococcus pyogenes (Lancefield Group A Streptococcus, GAS) infections facilitated the detection of emergent successful lineages, such as the M1UK sublineage. This sublineage dominated the post-COVID-19 upsurge of invasive GAS infections (i...

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Published in:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Main Authors: Ana Friães, Rafael Mamede, Beatriz Santos, José Melo-Cristino, Mario Ramirez, Margarida Pinto, Miguel Seruca, João Marques, Isabel Peres, Teresa Pina, Isabel Lourenço, Cristina Marcelo, Isabel Daniel, Odete Chantre, Vasco Mendes, Marília Gião, Rui Ferreira, Rui Tomé Ribeiro, Celeste Pontes, Luísa Boaventura, Teresa Reis, Henrique Oliveira, Catarina Chaves, Mariana Silva, Ana Aguiar, Hugo Loureiro, Adriana Pedrosa, Hermínia Costa, Maria Fátima Silva, Maria Amélia Afonso, Mariana Fardilha, Natália Novais, Isabel Brito, Luís Marques Lito, Ana Bruschy Fonseca, Maria Ana Pessanha, Elsa Gonçalves, Teresa Morais, Cristina Toscano, Elisabete Cristovam, Paulo Lopes, Angelina Lameirão, Gabriela Abreu, Aurélia Selaru, Ana Paula Mota Vieira, Margarida Tomaz, Cláudia Ferreira, Marta Nicolau, Ana Paula Castro, Virgínia Lopes, Hugo Cruz, Fernando Fonseca, Nádia Martins, Carla Leite, Filipa Vicente, Margarida Pereira, Ilse Fontes, Maria Paula Falcão, Rui Semedo, Gina Marrão, Filipa Silva, Manuela Ribeiro, Helena Gonçalves, Alberta Faustino, Maria Cármen Iglesias, Adriana Coutinho, Ana Bela Correia, Luísa Gonçalves, Elzara Aliyeva, Sandra Schäfer, Clara Portugal, Isabel Monge, José Diogo, Filipa Fortunato, Leonardo Carneiro, José Marta, Nadiya Kruptsala, Cláudia Fidalgo, Raquel Diaz, Sónia Ferreira, Inês Cravo Roxo, Isabel Vale, Maria João Tomás, Maria Antónia Read, Valquíria Alves, Margarida Monteiro, João Faria, José Mota Freitas, Sandra Vieira, Elsa Calado, Bruno Miguel, L. Nogueira Martins, Maria Favila Menezes, Maria José Rego de Sousa, Maria Calle, Mariana Bettencourt Viana, Marvin Oliveira, Hugo Macedo, Vitória Rodrigues, Sofia Marques, Joana Selada, Patrícia Pereira, Manuela Azevedo, Jesuína Duarte, Joana Bernardo, Inês Tapadinhas, Ana Filipa Resende, Andreia Bernardo, Luísa Oliveira, Susana Banza, Ezequiel Moreira, Carla Ferreira, Adília Vicente, Cristina Bragança, Maria Lucas, Paula Gouveia Pestana, Patrícia Amantegui, Cristina Mota Preto, Sara F. Sampaio, Fátima Vale, Joana Ramos, Rita Gralha
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118225000337