TABLE 2.

Proportion of Nepal emm types among recent U.S. invasive and pharyngitis GAS surveillance isolates

Nepal emm type	% of 1,061 U.S. invasive isolatesa	% of 1,975 U.S. pharyngitis isolatesb
1	18.2	19.0
4	2.4	8.2
11	3.4	1.0
22	2.4	2.6
25, 55, 56, 63, 67, 70, 74, 79, 85, 88, 97, 100, 105, 106, 111, 116, 119, 122, st1389, st1731	0	0
43, 65, 66, 71, 104	<1	0
44	1.0	2.1
49	1.5	0
53, 68, 78, 118	<1	<1
57	0	<1
73	2.2	<1
77	3.6	3.8
82	5.9	<1
89	5.5	4.6
102	1.1	<1

^aMultistate surveillance from consecutively typed invasive isolates recovered during 2000-2001 (17).

^bFrom multistate surveillance during two consecutive pharyngitis seasons (2000-2001 and 2001-2002) (20).