Analysis of Global Collection of Group A Streptococcus Genomes Reveals that the Majority Encode a Trio of M and M-Like Proteins

Atlas of group A streptococcal vaccine candidates compiled using large-scale comparative genomics

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MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms

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Global, Regional, and National Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease, 1990–2015

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Population and Whole Genome Sequence Based Characterization of Invasive Group A Streptococci Recovered in the United States during 2015

(2017) Sopio Chochua et al.   mBio

Comparative M-protein analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes from pharyngitis and skin infections in New Zealand: Implications for vaccine development

(2016) Deborah A Williamson et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Epidemiology of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in the United States, 2005–2012

(2016) George E. Nelson et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Protective Immunogenicity of Group A Streptococcal M-Related Proteins

(2015) James B. Dale et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Added Value of the emm-Cluster Typing System to Analyze Group A Streptococcus Epidemiology in High-Income Settings

(2014) S. T. Shulman et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Disease Manifestations and Pathogenic Mechanisms of Group A Streptococcus

(2014) M. J. Walker et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Deriving Group A Streptococcus Typing Information from Short-Read Whole-Genome Sequencing Data

(2014) T. B. T. Athey et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Systematic and Functional Classification of Streptococcus pyogenes That Serves as a New Tool for Molecular Typing and Vaccine Development

(2014) Martina Sanderson-Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Updated model of group A Streptococcus M proteins based on a comprehensive worldwide study

(2012) D.J. McMillan et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Streptococcal skin infection and rheumatic heart disease

(2012) Tom Parks et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Promotion of phagocytosis of Streptococcus pyogenes in human blood by a fibrinogen-binding peptide

(2011) Yi Li et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

The streptococcal M protein: a highly versatile molecule

(2010) Pierre R. Smeesters et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Differences among group A streptococcus epidemiological landscapes: consequences for M protein-based vaccines?

(2009) Pierre R Smeesters et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

Global emm type distribution of group A streptococci: systematic review and implications for vaccine development

(2009) Andrew C Steer et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

M protein-mediated plasminogen binding is essential for the virulence of an invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolate

(2008) M. L. Sanderson-Smith et al.   FASEB JOURNAL