title: Molecular characterization of group A Streptococcus strains isolated during a scarlet fever outbreak.
abstract: Forty group A streptococcus (GAS) isolates, recovered during a scarlet fever outbreak, were grouped based on their DdeI restriction profiles from emm amplicons. Twenty-seven isolates were identified by sequencing as emm2. The emm2 isolates showed the speA1, speB1, and speC1 alleles. Isolation of this GAS type from scarlet fever outbreaks is uncommon.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, DF México, 04510, Mexico.
authors.forename: Luis M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Perea-Mejía
authors.forename: Alma E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Inzunza-Montiel
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cravioto
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C014689:streptococcal M protein