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Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
Research

Increasing Incidence of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease in First Nations Population, Alberta, Canada, 2003–2017

Gregory J. TyrrellComments to Author , Christopher Bell, Lea Bill, and Sumana Fathima
Author affiliations: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (G.J. Tyrrell); Alberta Precision Laboratories–Public Health–Alberta Health Services, Edmonton (G.J. Tyrrell); Alberta Ministry of Health, Edmonton (C. Bell, S. Fathima); Alberta First Nations Information Governance Center, Siksika, Alberta, Canada (L. Bill)

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Table 3

Number of emm gene types in group A Streptococcus from First Nations persons with invasive disease, by year, Alberta, Canada, 2003–2017*

emm type 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
59 0 0 1 0 7 18 12 4 3 1 3 1 4 10 13 77
101 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 4 2 1 2 9 14 10 48
82 1 3 0 3 7 2 1 0 2 3 6 2 2 7 3 42
41 1 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 11 4 4 2 38
11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 5 9 11 37
1 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 3 1 5 5 1 0 4 31
83 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 3 5 29
77 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 5 11 2 0 0 1 26
53 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 23
74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 22
89 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 16
91 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 3 2 0 16
12 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 3 1 15
114 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 14
3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 12
22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 12
87 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 12
80 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 12
Other
 4
 3
 7
 5
 6
 4
 3
 3
 3
 3
 4
 5
 3
 9
 11
 73
Nontypable
 2
 4
 2
 6
 0
 1
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 15
Total 10 16 22 33 43 36 25 26 40 30 52 41 43 73 80 570

*emm types found in >10 cases are shown.

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