Detection of Epidemic Scarlet Fever Group A Streptococcus in Australia.
Steptococcus pyogenes
outbreak
scarlet fever
superantigen
Journal
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
Titre abrégé: Clin Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9203213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
13 09 2019
13 09 2019
Historique:
received:
19
10
2018
accepted:
30
01
2019
pubmed:
6
2
2019
medline:
10
9
2020
entrez:
6
2
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30721938
pii: 5306630
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz099
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1232-1234Subventions
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
Pays : United Kingdom
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.