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Group A isolates of the recently described M1 clade have emerged to cause human infections in several European countries and elsewhere. Full-genome sequence analysis of M1 isolates discovered a close genomic relationship between some isolates from Scotland and the majority of isolates from Iceland causing serious infections in 2022 and 2023. Phylogenetic analysis strongly suggests that an isolate from or related to Scotland was the precursor to an M1 variant responsible for almost all recent M1 infections in Iceland.

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Increase in invasive Streptococcus pyogenes M1 infections with close evolutionary genetic relationship, Iceland and Scotland, 2022 to 2023
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Stephen+B+Beres&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Beres Stephen B</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Randall+J+Olsen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Olsen Randall J</a>, <a href="/search?value1=S+Wesley+Long&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Long S Wesley</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ross+Langley&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Langley Ross</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Thomas+Williams&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Williams Thomas</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Helga+Erlendsdottir&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Erlendsdottir Helga</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Andrew+Smith&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Smith Andrew</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Karl+G+Kristinsson&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kristinsson Karl G</a>, <a href="/search?value1=James+M+Musser&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Musser James M</a></span>. Increase in invasive Streptococcus pyogenes M1 infections with close evolutionary genetic relationship, Iceland and Scotland, 2022 to 2023. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2024;29(13):pii=2400129. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.13.2400129" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.13.2400129</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 26 Feb 2024;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 27 Mar 2024 </span> </p>
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