Molecular Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcus Infections in The Gambia.
Sona Jabang ;
Annette Erhart ;
Saffiatou Darboe ;
Aru-KumbaBaldeh;
ValerieDelforge;
GabriellaWatson;
Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko ;
RasheedSalaudeen;
Bolarinde Lawal ;
Grant Mackenzie ;
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AnneBotteaux;
Martin Antonio ;
Pierre RSmeesters;
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.
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