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Emergent Invasive Group A Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, United States, 2015–2018

Authors :
Sopio Chochua
Joy Rivers
Saundra Mathis
Zhongya Li
Srinivasan Velusamy
Lesley McGee
Chris Van Beneden
Yuan Li
Benjamin J. Metcalf
Bernard Beall
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 8, Pp 1543-1547 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019.

Abstract

The term group A Streptococcus is considered synonymous for the species Streptococcus pyogenes. We describe an emergent invasive S. dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis lineage that obtained the group A antigen through a single ancestral recombination event between a group C S. dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis strain and a group A S. pyogenes strain.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
25
Issue :
8
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.75eba97c08344d50b46bd566ef422bcc
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181758