title: Musser et al. Reply to "Emergence of the Same Successful Clade among Distinct Populations of emm89 Streptococcus pyogenes in Multiple Geographic Regions".
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA jmmusser@houstonmethodist.org.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Musser
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Luchang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Randall J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, USA Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Waleed
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nasser
mesh_terms: D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*