Global and local epidemiology of Group A Streptococcus indicates that naturally-acquired immunity is enduring and strain-specific

Rebecca H. Chisholm, Jake A. Lacey, Jan Kokko +7

The bacterium Group A Streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes, GAS) is a human-specific pathogen and a major cause of global morbidity and mortality. Despite decades of research our…