Dominance of M1_UK clade among Dutch M1 Streptococcus pyogenes

Affiliations

¹ Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
² Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven 3720 BA, Netherlands. Electronic address: brechje.de.gier@rivm.nl.
³ Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
⁵ Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven 3720 BA, Netherlands.

Comment

Lidewij W Rümke et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;20(5):539-540.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30278-4.

¹ Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
² Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven 3720 BA, Netherlands. Electronic address: brechje.de.gier@rivm.nl.
³ Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
⁵ Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven 3720 BA, Netherlands.

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