Molecular Epidemiology of Noninvasive and Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Cape Town

Molecular Epidemiology of Noninvasive and Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Cape Town

ABSTRACT Group A streptococcus (GAS) is responsible for a wide range of noninvasive group A streptococcal (non-iGAS) and invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections. Information about the emm type variants of the M protein causing GAS disease is important to assess potential vaccine coverage of...

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Main Authors: D. D. Barth, P. Naicker, K. Engel, B. Muhamed, W. Basera, B. M. Mayosi, J. B. Dale, M. E. Engel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-10-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
group A streptococcus
invasive GAS
molecular epidemiology
sub-Saharan Africa
vaccines
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00421-19

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00421-19

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