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Geoepidemiological hints about Streptococcus pyogenes strains in relationship with acute rheumatic fever.
Autoimmunity reviews - 1 Jul 2015
Esposito Susanna, Bianchini Sonia, Fastiggi Michele, Fumagalli Monica, Andreozzi Laura, Rigante Donato
Abstract excerpt
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) strains are lately classified on the basis of sequence variations in the emm gene encoding the M protein, but despite the high number of distinct emm genotypes, the spectrum of phenotypes varying from invasive suppurative to non-suppurative GAS-related disorders has still to be defined. The relationship of GAS types with the uprising of acute rheumatic fever (ARF), a multisystemic...
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