Detection of Epidemic Scarlet Fever Group A Streptococcus in Australia.
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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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Steptococcus pyogenes, outbreak, scarlet fever, superantigen, Australia, Computational Biology, Disease Outbreaks, Genome, Bacterial, Genomics, Humans, Phylogeny, Population Surveillance, Scarlet Fever, Streptococcus pyogenes
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Clin Infect Dis
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1058-4838
1537-6591
1537-6591
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69
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Oxford University Press (OUP)