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Far East Scarlet-Like Fever Caused by a Few Related Genotypes of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Russia.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2016
Timchenko Nelly F, Adgamov Ruslan R, Popov Alexander F, Psareva Ekaterina K, Sobyanin Konstantin A, Gintsburg Alexander L, Ermolaeva Svetlana A
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We used multivirulence locus sequence typing to analyze 68 Yersinia pseudotuberculosis isolates from patients in Russia during 1973-2014, including 41 isolates from patients with Far East scarlet-like fever. Four genotypes were found responsible, with 1 being especially prevalent. Evolutionary analysis suggests that epidemiologic advantages could cause this genotype's dominance.
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