title: Epidemic of group A Streptococcus M/emm59 causing invasive disease in Canada.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Tyrrell
authors.forename: Marguerite
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lovgren
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: St Jean
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hoang
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Horsman
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Caeseele
authors.forename: Lee E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Sieswerda
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McGeer
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Laurence
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bourgault
authors.forename: Donald E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Low
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C014689:streptococcal M protein