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The emm-Cluster Typing System

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Group A Streptococcus

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 2136))

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emm-cluster typing system allows to classify most Streptococcus pyogenes variants into 48 different emm clusters. The system correlates nicely with the host serum binding capacities of the M proteins and has been used in epidemiological surveys, strain selection, and vaccine development. Here we describe the allocation of the emm cluster based on the emm-typing defining region.

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  1. Academic Children Hospital Queen Fabiola, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Pierre R. Smeesters

  2. Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Pierre R. Smeesters & Anne Botteaux

  3. Tropical Diseases Research Group, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia

    Pierre R. Smeesters

  4. Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Pierre R. Smeesters

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    Thomas Proft

  2. School of Medical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Jacelyn M. S. Loh

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Smeesters, P.R., Botteaux, A. (2020). The emm-Cluster Typing System. In: Proft, T., Loh, J. (eds) Group A Streptococcus. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2136. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0467-0_3

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