Journal article
Detection of Epidemic Scarlet Fever Group A Streptococcus in Australia
MJ Walker, S Brouwer, BM Forde, KA Worthing, L McIntyre, L Sundac, S Maloney, LW Roberts, TC Barnett, J Richter, AJ Cork, AD Irwin, Y You, J Zhang, G Dougan, KY Yuen, V Nizet, SA Beatson, K Grimwood, MR Davies
Clinical Infectious Diseases | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz099
Abstract
Sentinel hospital surveillance was instituted in Australia to detect the presence of pandemic group A Streptococcus strains causing scarlet fever. Genomic and phylogenetic analyses indicated the presence of an Australian GAS emm12 scarlet fever isolate related to United Kingdom outbreak strains. National surveillance to monitor this pandemic is recommended.
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia; the Wellcome Trust, UK; the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, People's Republic of China; the Department of Health Consultancy Service for Enhancing Laboratory Surveillance of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Hong Kong; Research Capability on Antimicrobial Resistance, Hong Kong; and the Queen Mary Hospital Charitable Trust, Hong Kong.