Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Victoria, Australia.
Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 13;69(7):1232-1234. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz099.
Sentinel hospital surveillance was instituted in Australia to detect the presence of pandemic group A Streptococcus strains causing scarlet fever. Genomic and phylogenetic analyses indicated the presence of an Australian GAS emm12 scarlet fever isolate related to United Kingdom outbreak strains. National surveillance to monitor this pandemic is recommended.
哨点医院监测在澳大利亚设立,以检测引起猩红热的大流行 A 组链球菌菌株的存在。基因组和系统发育分析表明,存在与英国暴发菌株有关的澳大利亚 GASemm12 猩红热分离株。建议进行全国性监测以监测此次大流行。