TY - JOUR AU - Brown, Christopher AU - Olsen, Randall AU - Fittipaldi, Nahuel AU - Morman, Monica AU - Fort, Peter AU - Neuwirth, Robert AU - Majeed, Mohammed AU - Woodward, William AU - Musser, James T1 - Spread of Virulent Group A Streptococcus Type emm59 from Montana to Wyoming, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 4 SP - 658 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Full-genome sequencing showed that a recently emerged and hypervirulent clone of group A Streptococcus type emm59 active in Canada and parts of the United States has now caused severe invasive infections in rural northeastern Wyoming. Phylogenetic analysis of genome data indicated that the strain was likely introduced from Montana. KW - group A Streptococcus KW - GAS KW - bacteria KW - emm59 KW - streptococci KW - invasive disease KW - virulence KW - genome sequencing KW - epidemiology KW - necrotizing fasciitis KW - Montana KW - Wyoming KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2004.130564 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/4/13-0564_article ER - End of Reference