title: Re-emergence of scarlet fever: old players return?
authors.affiliation: a Service of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Specialties , Geneva University Hospitals & University of Geneva Medical School , Geneva , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Diego O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Andrey
authors.affiliation: b Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Pediatrics , Geneva University Hospitals & University of Geneva Medical School , Geneva , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Klara M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Posfay-Barbe
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D020071:Interspersed Repetitive Sequences; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000235:genetics; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Scarlet fever; Streptococcus pyogenes; horizontal gene transfer; integrative and conjugative elements; outbreak; speA; speC; ssa