Extensive Diversity of Streptococcus pyogenes in a Remote Human Population Reflects Global-Scale Transmission Rather than Localised Diversification

The Indigenous population of the Northern Territory of Australia (NT) suffers from a very high burden of Streptococcus pyogenes disease, including cardiac and renal sequelae. The aim of this study was to determine if S. pyogenes isolated from this population represent NT endemic strains, or converse...

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Main Authors: Towers, Rebecca J., Carapetis, Jonathan R., Currie, Bart J., Davies, Mark R., Walker, Mark J., Dougan, Gordon, Giffard, Philip M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774777/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24066079
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073851
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