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Epidemic of group A Streptococcus M/emm59 causing invasive disease in Canada.
Clin Infect Dis
December 2010
National Centre for Streptococcus and The Provincial, Laboratory for Public Health Microbiology, Division of Medical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Background: The incidence of invasive group A Streptococcus (GAS) disease can vary over time and geographic region, possibly reflecting the population's susceptibility to particular strains but also variation in the predominant M/emm types. Canadian surveillance documented an epidemic of an uncommon M/emm59 type from 2006 to 2009.
Methods: Invasive GAS isolates are submitted by Public Health Laboratories in Canada to the National Centre for Streptococcus for M/emm typing.