Incidence and Characteristics of Scarlet Fever, South Korea, 2008–2015

Incidence and Characteristics of Scarlet Fever, South Korea, 2008–2015

The incidence rate for scarlet fever in South Korea is rising. During 2008–2015, we collected group A Streptococcus isolates and performed emm and exotoxin genotyping and disk-diffusion antimicrobial tests. Scarlet fever in South Korea was most closely associated with emm types emm4, emm28, emm1, an...

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Main Authors: Duck Woong Park, Sun-Hee Kim, Jung Wook Park, Min-Ji Kim, Sun Ju Cho, Hye Jung Park, So Hyang Jung, Mi Hee Seo, Yong Seok Lee, Byung Hee Kim, Hyeran Min, Su Ya Lee, Dong Ryong Ha, Eun Sun Kim, Yeongjin Hong, Jae Keun Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
scarlet fever
emm
exotoxin
disk diffusion antimicrobial tests
South Korea
group A strep
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/4/16-0773_article

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