Changes in Group A Streptococcus emm Types Associated with Invasive Infections in Adults, Spain, 2023.

Emerging infectious diseases 2023 Nov

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An increase in invasive group A Streptococcus infection was detected in the northeast of Spain in November 2022. A postpandemic decline in the diversity of circulating emm types involved in invasive group A Streptococcus was observed, along with the emergence of emm49 in this geographic area.

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Alba Bellés-Bellés, Núria Prim, Saray Mormeneo-Bayo, Pilar Villalón-Panzano, Mónica Valiente-Novillo, Alfredo Jover-Sáenz, Núria Aixalà, Albert Bernet, Éric López-González, Ivan Prats, Mercè García-González. Changes in Group A Streptococcus emm Types Associated with Invasive Infections in Adults, Spain, 2023. Emerging infectious diseases. 2023 Nov;29(11):2390-2392