The emm-cluster typing system for group A Streptococcus identifies epidemiologic similarities across the Pacific region.

Baroux, Noémie
D'Ortenzio, Eric
Amédéo, Nathalie
Baker, Ciara A
Alsuwayyid, Barakat Ali
Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Myrielle
O'Connor, Olivia
Steer, Andrew C
Smeesters, Pierre

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Publication date

June 2014

DOI

10.1093/cid/ciu490

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Abstract

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) related disease is responsible for high mortality and morbidity in the Pacific region. The high diversity of circulating strains in this region has hindered vaccine development due to apparently low vaccine coverage of type-specific vaccines.JOURNAL ARTICLESCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe