Detection of epidemic scarlet fever group A Streptococcus in Australia.

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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
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2019
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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 UK outbreak strains. National surveillance to monitor this pandemic is recommended.
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Clinical Infectious Diseases
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© 2019 Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Clinical Infectious Diseases following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Detection of epidemic scarlet fever group A Streptococcus in Australia, Clinical Infectious Diseases, AOV is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz099
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Biological Sciences
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