Ongoing emergence of M1UK lineage among invasive group A streptococcus isolates in 2020 and use of allele-specific PCR
X. Zhi, H. K. Li, H. Li, Z. Loboda, S. Charles, A. Vieira, K. K. Huse, E. Jauneikaite, J. Coelho, T. Lamagni, S. Sriskandan
The paper develops an allele-specific PCR to subtype emm1 Streptococcus pyogenes isolates, finding M1UK lineage dominates invasive infections in England in 2020.
bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2022Microbiology