Molecular characterization of the 2011 Hong Kong scarlet fever outbreak

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-351

  Tse, Herman ^a,b   Bao, Jessie Y J ^a   Davies, Mark R ^c,d   Maamary, Peter ^c   Tsoi, Hoi Wah ^a   Tong, Amy H Y ^a   Ho, Tom C C ^a   Lin, Chi Ho ^a   Gillen, Christine M ^c   Barnett, Timothy C ^c   Chen, Jonathan H K ^a   Lee, Mianne ^a   Yam, Wing Cheong ^a   Wong, Chi Kin ^a   Ong, Cheryl Lynn Y ^c   Chan, Yee Wai ^a   Wu, Cheng Wei ^a   Ng, Tony ^e   Lim, Wilina W L ^e   Tsang, Thomas H F ^e   Tse, Cindy W S ^f   Dougan, Gordon ^d   Walker, Mark J ^c   Lok, Si ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e Public Health Laboratory Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE SPEB; MACROLIDE; SPEC ANTIGEN; SSA ANTIGEN; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; STREPTODORNASE; STREPTODORNASE SPD1; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERMB GENE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE STATUS; INFANT; INTEGRATIVE AND CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; MALE; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCARLET FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPD1 GENE; SPEC GENE; SSA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TETM GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SCARLET FEVER; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84863908165     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis362     Document Type: Article

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