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Emergence of a novel lineage containing a prophage in emm/M3 group A Streptococcus associated with upsurge in invasive disease in the UK
8 Apr 2016
Abstract excerpt
A sudden increase in invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) infections associated with emm /M3 isolates during the winter of 2008/09 prompted the initiation of enhanced surveillance in England. In order to characterise the population of emm /M3 GAS within the UK and determine bacterial factors that might be responsible for this upsurge, 442 emm /M3 isolates from cases of invasive and non-invasive infections during...
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