par Jabang, Sona;Erhart, Annette;Darboe, Saffiatou;Baldeh, Aru Kumba;Delforge, Valérie ;Watson, Gabriella;Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer;Salaudeen, Rasheed;Lawal, Bolarinde;Mackenzie, Grant;Botteaux, Anne ;Antonio, Martin;Smeesters, Pierre
Référence Vaccines, 9, 2, page (124)
Publication Publié, 2021-02-01
Référence Vaccines, 9, 2, page (124)
Publication Publié, 2021-02-01
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : | 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. |