Hypervirulent emm59 Clone in Invasive Group A Streptococcus Outbreak, Southwestern United States.

ABSTRACT: The hyper-virulent emm59 genotype of invasive group A Streptococcus was identified in northern Arizona in 2015. Eighteen isolates belonging to a genomic cluster grouped most closely with recently identified isolates in New Mexico. The continued transmission of emm59 in the southwestern United States poses a public health concern.

SUBMITTER: Engelthaler DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4806960 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature