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SUBMITTER: Fittipaldi N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3630956 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fittipaldi Nahuel N Tyrrell Gregory J GJ Low Donald E DE Martin Irene I Lin David D Hari Kumar L KL Musser James M JM
Emerging microbes & infections 20130327 3
Analysis of microbial epidemics has been revolutionized by whole-genome sequencing. We recently sequenced the genomes of 601 type emm59 Group A Streptococcus (GAS) organisms responsible for an ongoing epidemic of invasive infections in Canada and some of the United States. The epidemic has been caused by the emergence of a genetically distinct, hypervirulent clone that has genetically diversified. The ease of obtaining genomic data contrasts with the relatively difficult task of translating them ...[more]