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Contrasting Molecular Epidemiology of Group A Streptococci Causing Tropical and Nontropical Infections of the Skin and Throat
1 Oct 2000
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Disease caused by group A streptococci (GAS) in tropical regions often takes the form of impetigo, whereas pharyngitis tends to predominate in temperate zones. GAS derived from asymptomatic throat infections and pyoderma lesions of rural Aboriginal Australians were evaluated for phylogenetic distant emm genes, which represent ecological markers for tissue site preference. On the basis of the percentage of total...
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