Detection of Epidemic Scarlet Fever Group A Streptococcus in Australia | Zendy

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Detection of Epidemic Scarlet Fever Group A Streptococcus in Australia

Author(s) -

Mark J. Walker,

Stephan Brouwer,

Brian M. Forde,

Kate A. Worthing,

Liam McIntyre,

Lana Sundac,

Sam Maloney,

Leah W. Roberts,

Timothy C. Barnett,

Johanna Richter,

Amanda J. Cork,

Adam Irwin,

Yuanhai You,

Jianzhong Zhang,

Gordon Dougan,

KwokYung Yuen,

Victor Nizet,

Scott A. Beatson,

Keith Grimwood,

Mark R. Davies

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz099

Subject(s) - scarlet fever , outbreak , medicine , pandemic , streptococcus pyogenes , virology , streptococcus , phylogenetic tree , microbiology and biotechnology , covid-19 , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , disease , bacteria , genetics , gene , staphylococcus aureus

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.

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