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- Title
Spread of Virulent Group A Streptococcus Type emm59 from Montana to Wyoming, USA.
- Authors
Brown, Christopher C.; Olsen, Randall J.; Fittipaldi, Nahuel; Morman, Monica L.; Fort, Peter L.; Neuwirth, Robert; Majeed, Mohammed; Woodward, William B.; Musser, James M.
- Abstract
Full-genome sequencing showed that a recently emerged and hypervirulent clone of group A Streptococcus type emm59 active in Canada and parts of the United States has now caused severe invasive infections in rural northeastern Wyoming. Phylogenetic analysis of genome data indicated that the strain was likely introduced from Montana.
- Subjects
STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS mutans; GENOMES; PHYLOGENY; MICROBIAL genomes
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 4, p679
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2004.130564