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Table 2 emm-cluster classification

From: Streptococcus pyogenes strains in Sao Paulo, Brazil: molecular characterization as a basis for StreptInCor coverage capacity analysis

emm type

Number of samples

emm cluster

% emm cluster

1

50

A-C3

21

12, 193

16

A-C4

7

3

6

A-C5

3

71

1

D2

1

33, 41, 53, 64, 80, 83, 86, 101, 108, 119, 186

27

D4

12

184

1

D5

1

4, 78

7

E1

3

66, 68, 76, 90, 92

7

E2

3

44, 49, 58, 87, 183

30

E3

13

22, 73, 77, 88, 89, 102

47

E4

20

59, 63, 67, 75, 85, 94, 99, 115

17

E6

7

6, 57, 95, 122

18

single protein cluster clade Y

9

  1. The emm-types obtained fit into 12 different emm-clusters: A-C3 (21 %), E4 (20 %), E3 (13 %), D4 (12 %), single protein cluster clade Y (9 %), A-C4 and E6 (7 %), A-C5 and E1 and E2 (3 %), D2 and D5 (1 %)