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Table 2 emm clusters of group A Streptococcal strains isolated from children in New Zealand, 2015

From: Comparative M-protein analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes from pharyngitis and skin infections in New Zealand: Implications for vaccine development

Cluster

Pharyngeal isolates, Auckland (n = 246) (%)

Skin isolates, Auckland

(n = 104) (%)

Pharyngeal isolates, Dunedin (n = 103) (%)

P a

A-C2

-

1 (1)

-

NS

A-C3

24 (10)

4 (4)

7 (7)

NS

A-C4

30 (12)

1 (1)

21 (21)

<0.01

A-C5

1 (<1)

-

1 (<1)

NS

D1

6 (2)

-

-

NS

D2

9 (4)

5 (5)

-

NS

D3

1 (<1)

-

-

NS

D4

38 (15)

37 (36)

3 (3)

<0.01

E1

4 (10)

1 (1)

6 (6)

NS

E2

13 (5)

9 (9)

3 (3)

NS

E3

56 (23)

18 (17)

4 (4)

<0.01

E4

24 (10)

6 (6)

51 (50)

<0.01

E5

1 (<1)

-

-

NS

E6

27 (11)

19 (18)

7 (7)

0.018

M105

2 (<1)

-

-

NS

M111

3 (1)

-

-

NS

M19

1 (<1)

2 (2)

-

NS

M218

2 (<1)

-

-

NS

M233

1 (<1)

-

-

NS

M74

3 (1)

1 (1)

-

NS

  1. a Significance values determined by 3 × 2 χ2 test
  2. NB–emm clusters are based on those proposed by Sanderson-Smith et al. [4]