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| One case of scarlet fever caused by Streptococcus pyogenes with ICE-emm12 and ΦHKU.vir |
| SHEN Yinfang1，CHEN Mingliang2,3，CHEN Min2，WANG Jianshe1，ZHANG Xi2 |
| 1. Department of Pediatrics，Jinshan Hospital，Fudan University，Shanghai 201508，China；2. Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336，China；3. Shanghai Institutes of Preventive Medicine，Shanghai 200336，China |
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Abstract Epidemics of scarlet fever started in China in 2011. Most of the cases were represented by the classic type, while the surgical type was rarely reported. It is unclear whether ICE-emm12 and ΦHKU.vir, the two mobile genetic elements firstly discovered in the strains leading to scarlet fever outbreak in Hong Kong, were carried by the strains in Mainland China. Here we reported a scarlet fever case in Zhejiang which was caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. Strains isolated from the pharynx and skin wound all carried ICE-emm12 and ΦHKU.vir. The result suggests a screening of the two mobile genetic elements in Mainland China for genetic surveillance of scarlet fever.
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Received: 22 June 2016
Published: 25 October 2016
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Corresponding Authors:
CHEN Mingliang
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2016, Vol. 11 
