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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Future Microbiol. 2010 Apr;5(4):623–638. doi: 10.2217/fmb.10.28

Figure 1. Population-based surveys of group A Streptococcus infection.

Figure 1

Group A streptococci isolated from patients with either superficial throat or skin infections, in several locales throughout the world by numerous investigators, had been characterized for emm type [15–25]; based on the emm type, the emm pattern group is inferred [12]. The percentage of isolates in each emm pattern group is depicted for the eight pharyngitis and six impetigo collections of group A streptococci.

†Aboriginal populations of tropical Australia.