A Striking Increase in Carriage Among Young Children in Iceland Paralleled the Unprecedented Increase of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection From 2022 to 2023
The significant rise of NP GAS carriage observed in early 2023 likely contributed to the simultaneous increased incidence of iGAS. With surveillance data, microbiological culture and molecular typing, genetic similarities between invasive disease isolates and NP isolates characteristics were confirmed.
Authors
- Helga Erlendsdóttir
- Valtýr Thors (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0976-9604)
- James M. Musser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7765-4956)
- Íris Kristinsdóttir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8869-9332)
- Karl G. Kristinsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3148-4426)
- Stephen B. Beres (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3041-0185)
- Ásgeir Haraldsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5364-7877)
- Randall J. Olsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5295-4178)
- Iris Arna Tomasdottir
Institutions
- Houston Methodist (US)
- University of Iceland (IS)
- Methodist Hospital (US)
- National University Hospital of Iceland (IS)
- Methodist Hospital (US)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Published
- 2025-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000004776
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.39