Detection of Epidemic Scarlet Fever Group A Streptococcus in Australia.

Authors: Walker, Mark J and Brouwer, Stephan and Forde, Brian M and Worthing, Kate A and McIntyre, Liam and Sundac, Lana and Maloney, Sam and Roberts, Leah W and Barnett, Timothy C and Richter, Johanna and Cork, Amanda J and Irwin, Adam D and You, Yuanhai and Zhang, Jianzhong and Dougan, Gordon and Yuen, Kwok Y and Nizet, Victor and Beatson, Scott A and Grimwood, Keith and Davies, Mark R

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. © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: [email protected].

Journal: Clinical infectious diseases
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz099
Year: 2019

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