@article{cbf624ed9baa4c27918da380834a2e23,
title = "Hypervirulent emm59 clone in invasive group a Streptococcus outbreak, southwestern United States",
abstract = "The hyper-virulent emm59 genotype of invasive group A Streptococcus was identified in northern Arizona in 2015. Eighteen isolates belonging to a genomic cluster grouped most closely with recently identified isolates in New Mexico. The continued transmission of emm59 in the southwestern United States poses a public health concern.",
author = "Engelthaler, {David M.} and Michael Valentine and Jolene Bowers and Jennifer Pistole and Driebe, {Elizabeth M.} and Joel Terriquez and Linus Nienstadt and Mark Carroll and Mare Schumacher and Ormsby, {Mary Ellen} and Shane Brady and Eugene Livar and Del Yazzie and Victor Waddell and Marie Peoples and Kenneth Komatsu and Paul Keim",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.",
year = "2016",
month = apr,
doi = "10.3201/eid2204.151582",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "22",
pages = "734--738",
journal = "Emerging infectious diseases",
issn = "1080-6040",
publisher = "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",
number = "4",
}