학술논문
Detection of Epidemic Scarlet Fever Group A Streptococcus in Australia.
Document Type
Article
Author
Walker, Mark J; Brouwer, Stephan; Forde, Brian M; Worthing, Kate A; McIntyre, Liam; Sundac, Lana; Maloney, Sam; Roberts, Leah W; Barnett, Timothy C; Richter, Johanna; Cork, Amanda J; Irwin, Adam D; You, Yuanhai; Zhang, Jianzhong; Dougan, Gordon; Yuen, Kwok Y; Nizet, Victor; Beatson, Scott A; Grimwood, Keith; Davies, Mark R
Source
Subject
*EPIDEMICS
*HEALTH facilities
*PHYLOGENY
*PUBLIC health surveillance
*SCARLATINA
*STREPTOCOCCUS
*SEQUENCE analysis
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ISSN
1058-4838
Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]