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Added Value of the emm-Cluster Typing System to Analyze Group A Streptococcus Epidemiology in High-Income Settings
12 Aug 2014
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To the Editor—A new emm-cluster typing system has been recently proposed for group A Streptococcus (GAS) [1]. This system classifies most of the 223 emm types [2] into 48 functional emm clusters containing closely related M proteins that share structural properties. emm clusters help to predict the virulence potential of any GAS isolate by ascribing M protein binding attributes to emm types belonging to the same...
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