Draft genome sequences of two Streptococcus pyogenes strains involved in abnormal sharp raised scarlet fever in China, 2011

Yuanhai You; Xianwei Yang; Yanyan Song; Xiaomei Yan; Yanting Yuan; Dongfang Li; Yanfeng Yan; Haibin Wang; Xiaoxia Tao; Leilei Li; Xihong Jiang; Hao Zhou; Di Xiao; Lianmei Jin; Zijian Feng; Ruifu Yang; Fengji Luo; Yujun Cui; Jianzhong Zhang

doi:10.1128/JB.01474-12

Draft genome sequences of two Streptococcus pyogenes strains involved in abnormal sharp raised scarlet fever in China, 2011

J Bacteriol. 2012 Nov;194(21):5983-4. doi: 10.1128/JB.01474-12.

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

A scarlet fever outbreak caused by Streptococcus pyogenes occurred in China in 2011. To determine the genomic features of the outbreak strains, we deciphered genomes of two strains isolated from the regions with the highest incidence rates. The sequences will provide valuable information for comprehensive study of mechanisms related to this outbreak.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

China / epidemiology
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry*
DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
Disease Outbreaks
Genome, Bacterial*
Incidence
Molecular Sequence Data
Scarlet Fever / epidemiology
Scarlet Fever / microbiology
Sequence Analysis, DNA*
Streptococcus pyogenes / genetics*
Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification

Substances

DNA, Bacterial

Associated data

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