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Molecular Epidemiology of Noninvasive and Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Cape Town.
mSphere - 30 Oct 2019
Barth D D, Naicker P, Engel K, Muhamed B, Basera W, Mayosi B M, Dale J B, Engel M E
Abstract excerpt
Group A streptococcus (GAS) is responsible for a wide range of noninvasive group A streptococcal (non-iGAS) and invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections. Information about the emm type variants of the M protein causing GAS disease is important to assess potential vaccine coverage of a 30-valent vaccine under development, particularly with respect to how they compare and contrast with non-iGAS isolates,...
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