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

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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 22(2016), 6 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 1075-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Turner, Claire E [VerfasserIn]
Pyzio, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Song, Bonita [VerfasserIn]
Lamagni, Theresa [VerfasserIn]
Meltzer, Margie [VerfasserIn]
Chow, J Yimmy [VerfasserIn]
Efstratiou, Androulla [VerfasserIn]
Curtis, Sally [VerfasserIn]
Sriskandan, Shiranee [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antigens, Bacterial
Antimicrobial resistance
Bacteria
England
Genotype
Historical Article
Journal Article
London
Notifications
Respiratory infections
Scarlet fever
Streptococci
Streptococcus pyogenes
Superantigens

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.01.2018

Date Revised 29.01.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2206.151726

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM260469785