TY - JOUR AU - Timchenko, Nelly AU - Adgamov, Ruslan AU - Popov, Alexander AU - Psareva, Ekaterina AU - Sobyanin, Konstantin AU - Gintsburg, Alexander AU - Ermolaeva, Svetlana T1 - Far East Scarlet-Like Fever Caused by a Few Related Genotypes of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Russia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 3 SP - 503 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We used multivirulence locus sequence typing to analyze 68 Yersinia pseudotuberculosis isolated in Russia during 1973–2014, including 41 isolates from patients with Far East scarlet-like fever. Four genotypes were found responsible, with 1 being especially prevalent. Evolutionary analysis suggests that epidemiologic advantages could cause this genotype’s dominance. KW - Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infections KW - multilocus sequence analysis KW - clonal evolution KW - bacterial CNF1 KW - yopE protein (Yersinia) KW - bacteria KW - Enterobacteriaceae KW - bacterial infections KW - scarlet fever KW - skin diseases KW - Russia KW - Far East scarlet-like fever KW - FESLF DO - 10.3201/eid2203.150552 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/3/15-0552_article ER - End of Reference