Molecular Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcus Infections in The Gambia.
Sona
Jabang
;
Annette
Erhart
;
Saffiatou
Darboe
;
Aru-Kumba
Baldeh
;
Valerie
Delforge
;
Gabriella
Watson
;
Ebenezer
Foster-Nyarko
;
Rasheed
Salaudeen
;
Bolarinde
Lawal
;
Grant
Mackenzie
;
+4 more...
Anne
Botteaux
;
Martin
Antonio
;
Pierre R
Smeesters
;
On Behalf Of The Mrcg StrepA Study Group
;
(2021)
Molecular Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcus Infections in The Gambia.
Vaccines, 9 (2).
p. 124.
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9020124
Molecular epidemiological data on Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection in Africa is scarce. We characterized the emm-types and emm-clusters of 433 stored clinical GAS isolates from The Gambia collected between 2004 and 2018. To reduce the potential for strain mistyping, we used a newly published primer for emm-typing. There was considerable strain diversity, highlighting the need for vaccine development offering broad strain protection.
Item Type | Article |
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Elements ID | 156157 |
Date Deposited | 05 Feb 2021 13:58 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7596-706X
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0522-4965
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4711-3307
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6620-9403
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4822-6597
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4994-2627
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4810-1308