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- Title
Molecular Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcus Infections in The Gambia.
- Authors
Jabang, Sona; Erhart, Annette; Darboe, Saffiatou; Baldeh, Aru-Kumba; Delforge, Valerie; Watson, Gabriella; Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer; Salaudeen, Rasheed; Lawal, Bolarinde; Mackenzie, Grant; Botteaux, Anne; Antonio, Martin; Smeesters, Pierre R.; Golubovskaya, Vita
- Abstract
Molecular epidemiological data on Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection in Africa is scarce. We characterized the emm-types and emm-clusters of 433 stored clinical GAS isolates from The Gambia collected between 2004 and 2018. To reduce the potential for strain mistyping, we used a newly published primer for emm-typing. There was considerable strain diversity, highlighting the need for vaccine development offering broad strain protection.
- Subjects
GAMBIA; STREPTOCOCCAL diseases; MOLECULAR epidemiology; VACCINE development
- Publication
Vaccines, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 2, p124
- ISSN
2076-393X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/vaccines9020124