mSystems (Aug 2021)
Population Genomics of <i>emm4</i> Group A Streptococcus Reveals Progressive Replacement with a Hypervirulent Clone in North America
- Sruti DebRoy,
- Misu Sanson,
- Brittany Shah,
- Shirjana Regmi,
- Luis Alberto Vega,
- Chioma Odo,
- Pranoti Sahasrabhojane,
- Allison McGeer,
- Gregory J. Tyrrell,
- Nahuel Fittipaldi,
- Samuel A. Shelburne,
- Anthony R. Flores
Affiliations
- Sruti DebRoy
- Department of Infectious Diseases Infection Control and Employee Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
- Misu Sanson
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
- Brittany Shah
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
- Shirjana Regmi
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
- Luis Alberto Vega
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
- Chioma Odo
- Department of Infectious Diseases Infection Control and Employee Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
- Pranoti Sahasrabhojane
- Department of Infectious Diseases Infection Control and Employee Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
- Allison McGeer
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Gregory J. Tyrrell
- Alberta Public Health Laboratories, Public Health–Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Nahuel Fittipaldi
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Samuel A. Shelburne
- Department of Infectious Diseases Infection Control and Employee Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
- Anthony R. Flores
- ORCiD
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00495-21
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 4
Abstract
Severe invasive infections caused by group A Streptococcus
