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| Title |
Emergence of scarlet fever Streptococcus pyogenes emm12 clones in Hong Kong is associated with toxin acquisition and multidrug resistance
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| Published in |
Nature Genetics, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1038/ng.3147 |
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| Authors |
Mark R Davies, Matthew T Holden, Paul Coupland, Jonathan H K Chen, Carola Venturini, Timothy C Barnett, Nouri L Ben Zakour, Herman Tse, Gordon Dougan, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Mark J Walker |
| Abstract |
A scarlet fever outbreak began in mainland China and Hong Kong in 2011 (refs. 1-6). Macrolide- and tetracycline-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes emm12 isolates represent the majority of clinical cases. Recently, we identified two mobile genetic elements that were closely associated with emm12 outbreak isolates: the integrative and conjugative element ICE-emm12, encoding genes for tetracycline and macrolide resistance, and prophage ΦHKU.vir, encoding the superantigens SSA and SpeC, as well as the DNase Spd1 (ref. 4). Here we sequenced the genomes of 141 emm12 isolates, including 132 isolated in Hong Kong between 2005 and 2011. We found that the introduction of several ICE-emm12 variants, ΦHKU.vir and a new prophage, ΦHKU.ssa, occurred in three distinct emm12 lineages late in the twentieth century. Acquisition of ssa and transposable elements encoding multidrug resistance genes triggered the expansion of scarlet fever-associated emm12 lineages in Hong Kong. The occurrence of multidrug-resistant ssa-harboring scarlet fever strains should prompt heightened surveillance within China and abroad for the dissemination of these mobile genetic elements. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 19% |
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 11 | 69% |
| Members of the public | 5 | 31% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 115 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 111 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 22% |
| Researcher | 22 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 10% |
| Unknown | 25 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 24 | 21% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 24 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 15% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 11 | 10% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| Unknown | 31 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 December 2022.
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