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Tracing the recent evolution of Group A Streptococcus M1 serotype.
Emerging microbes & infections - 1 Dec 2026
Bertolla Olivia M, Walker Mark J, Brouwer Stephan
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The twenty-first century has seen global surges in scarlet fever and invasive Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections, partly driven by the emergence of the toxigenic M1UK lineage. Characterized by increased SpeA superantigen expression and the stepwise accumulation of 27 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), M1UK has become the dominant GAS emm1 lineage in Europe, Australia and Canada, representing a notable...
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