Volume 15, Number 2—February 2009
Research
Prospective Surveillance of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease, Fiji, 2005–2007
Table 4
emm sequence subtypes of 55 invasive GAS isolates and 12 invasive GCS and GGS isolates from hospital surveillance, Fiji, 2005–2007*
GAS emm subtype | No. isolates (n = 55) |
---|---|
emm11† | 3 |
emm14.4† | 1 |
emm15.1 | 1 |
emm18.12† | 1 |
emm19.4† | 1 |
emm22† | 1 |
emm33† | 3 |
emm52.1 | 1 |
emm53 | 1 |
emm57 | 2 |
emm58 | 1 |
emm60.1 | 1 |
emm60.2 | 1 |
emm63.3 | 1 |
emm69.1 | 1 |
emm70 | 1 |
emm73 | 2 |
emm75.1† | 1 |
emm76.4† | 4 |
emm77† | 2 |
emm81.3 | 1 |
emm82.1 | 1 |
emm86.2 | 1 |
emm87 | 1 |
emm100 | 4 |
emm101† | 1 |
emm104 | 1 |
emm105 | 1 |
emm106 | 3 |
emm110 | 2 |
emm113 | 1 |
emm116.1 | 1 |
emm123 | 1 |
st2037 | 1 |
st2147 | 1 |
st6030.1 | 1 |
st854.1 | 2 |
stD631 |
1 |
GCS and GGS emm subtype |
No. isolates (n = 12) |
emm12.8† | 1 |
stC36 | 2 |
stC922 | 1 |
stG245 | 2 |
stG643 | 1 |
stG652 | 1 |
stG840 | 1 |
stG5420 | 1 |
stc74a | 2 |
*GAS, group A streptococci; GCS, group C streptococci; GGS, group G streptococci.
†emm subtypes included in the 26-valent vaccine.