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- Title
Detection of Epidemic Scarlet Fever Group A Streptococcus in Australia.
- Authors
Walker, Mark J; Brouwer, Stephan; Forde, Brian M; Worthing, Kate A; McIntyre, Liam; Sundac, Lana; Maloney, Sam; Roberts, Leah W; Barnett, Timothy C; Richter, Johanna; Cork, Amanda J; Irwin, Adam D; You, Yuanhai; Zhang, Jianzhong; Dougan, Gordon; Yuen, Kwok Y; Nizet, Victor; Beatson, Scott A; Grimwood, Keith; Davies, Mark R
- Abstract
Sentinel hospital surveillance was instituted in Australia to detect the presence of pandemic group A Streptococcus strains causing scarlet fever. Genomic and phylogenetic analyses indicated the presence of an Australian GAS emm12 scarlet fever isolate related to United Kingdom outbreak strains. National surveillance to monitor this pandemic is recommended.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH facilities; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC health surveillance; SCARLATINA; STREPTOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE analysis
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019, Vol 69, Issue 7, p1232
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciz099