TY - JOUR
AU - Engelthaler, David
AU - Valentine, Michael
AU - Bowers, Jolene
AU - Pistole, Jennifer
AU - Driebe, Elizabeth
AU - Terriquez, Joel
AU - Nienstadt, Linus
AU - Carroll, Mark
AU - Schumacher, Mare
AU - Ormsby, Mary Ellen
AU - Brady, Shane
AU - Livar, Eugene
AU - Yazzie, Del
AU - Waddell, Victor
AU - Peoples, Marie
AU - Komatsu, Kenneth
AU - Keim, Paul
T1 - Hypervirulent emm59 Clone in Invasive Group A Streptococcus Outbreak, Southwestern United States
T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal
PY - 2016
VL - 22
IS - 4
SP - 734
SN - 1080-6059
AB - 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.
KW - group A Streptococcus
KW - emm59
KW - genomic epidemiology
KW - WGST
KW - ADD MORE PRN
KW - streptococci
KW - pyogenes
KW - bacteria
KW - GAS
KW - polytomy WGST
KW - Native Americans
KW - southwestern United States
KW - Arizona
KW - California
KW - New Mexico
KW - Minnesota
KW - Oregon
KW - Canada
DO - 10.3201/eid2204.151582
UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/4/15-1582_article
ER - End of Reference