Scarlet Fever Upsurge in England and Molecular-Genetic Analysis in North-West London, 2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Turner, Claire E. ; Pyzio, Marta ; Song, Bonita ; Lamagni, Theresa ; Meltzer, Margie ; Chow, J. Yimmy ; Efstratiou, Androulla ; Curtis, Sally ; Sriskandan, Shiranee
• Description:
  Scarlet fever notifications surged across the United Kingdom in spring 2014. Molecular epidemiologic investigation of Streptococcus pyogenes infections in North-West London highlighted increased emm4 and emm3 infections coincident with the upsurge. Unlike outbreaks in other countries, antimicrobial resistance was uncommon, highlighting an urgent need to better understand the drivers of scarlet fever activity.
• Subjects:
  Antigens, Bacterial Genotype History, 21St Century Humans Mutation Scarlet Fever Scarlet Fever/History Streptococcus Pyogenes Superantigens/Genetics
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(6):1075-1078.
• Pubmed ID:
  27192393
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4880090
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article
• Place as Subject:
  London, England
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:de34ac620553102633a1071f8debdf19b99d52630c0e04057edddb374c543d2e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/39688/cdc_39688_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.90 MB ]