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Molecular Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcus Infections in The Gambia
Sona Jabang1, Annette Erhart1, Saffiatou Darboe1
1Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul 273, The Gambia.
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|February 9, 2021
Abstract:
Molecular epidemiological data on Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection in Africa is scarce. We characterized the emm-types and emm-clusters of 433 stored clinical GAS isolates from The Gambia collected between 2004 and 2018. To reduce the potential for strain mistyping, we used a newly published primer for emm-typing. There was considerable strain diversity, highlighting the need for vaccine development offering broad strain protection.

