title: Added value of the emm-cluster typing system to analyze group A Streptococcus epidemiology in high-income settings.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Stanford T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Shulman
authors.affiliation: Academic General Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Tanz
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.affiliation: Group A Streptococcus Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Steer
authors.affiliation: Group A Streptococcus Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne.
authors.forename: Pierre R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Smeesters
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009510:New Caledonia / Q000453:epidemiology; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C014689:streptococcal M protein