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Many European countries have recently reported upsurges in invasive group A (iGAS) infections, mainly caused by 1 , specifically the toxigenic M1 lineage. We present the epidemiology of 1 causing iGAS in Belgium during 2018–August 2023, and describe an emergence of the toxigenic M1 lineage in Belgium in mid-2022 that was observed as an increase in bloodstream infections caused by 1 that continued into 2023.

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Increase in bloodstream infections caused by emm1 group A Streptococcus correlates with emergence of toxigenic M1UK, Belgium, May 2022 to August 2023
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Juan+Pablo+Rodriguez-Ruiz&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rodriguez-Ruiz Juan Pablo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Qiang+Lin&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lin Qiang</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christine+Lammens&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lammens Christine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Pierre+R+Smeesters&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Smeesters Pierre R</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Stefanie+van+Kleef-van+Koeveringe&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">van Kleef-van Koeveringe Stefanie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Veerle+Matheeussen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Matheeussen Veerle</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Surbhi+Malhotra-Kumar&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Malhotra-Kumar Surbhi</a></span>. Increase in bloodstream infections caused by emm1 group A Streptococcus correlates with emergence of toxigenic M1UK, Belgium, May 2022 to August 2023. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2023;28(36):pii=2300422. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.36.2300422" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.36.2300422</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 09 Aug 2023;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 06 Sept 2023 </span> </p>
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