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- Title
Hypervirulent emm59 Clone in Invasive Group A Streptococcus Outbreak, Southwestern United States.
- Authors
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
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
UNITED States; STREPTOCOCCUS; VIRUS diseases; EPIDEMIC research; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 4, p734
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2204.151582