Bundle, N, Bubba, L, Coelho, J, Kwiatkowska, R, Cloke, R, King, S, Rajan-Iyer, J, Courtney-Pillinger, M, Beck, CR, Hope, V, Lamagni, T, Brown, CS, Jermacane, D, Glass, R, Desai, M, Gobin, M, Balasegaram, S and Anderson, C (2017) Ongoing outbreak of invasive and non-invasive disease due to group A Streptococcus (GAS) type emm66 among homeless and people who inject drugs in England and Wales, January to December 2016. Eurosurveillance, 22 (3). ISSN 1560-7917

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Abstract

We report an outbreak of invasive and non-invasive disease due to an unusual type of Streptococcus pyogenes(group A Streptococcus, emm66) among a vulnerable, largely homeless population in southern England and Wales, detected in September 2016. Twenty-seven confirmed cases were subsequently identified between 5 January and 29 December 2016; 20 injected drugs and six reported problematic alcohol use. To date, we have ruled out drug-related vehicles of infection and identified few common risk factors.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Infectious Diseases; INFECTION; USERS; CARE; UK
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions:	Public Health Institute
Publisher:	European Centre for DIsease Prevention and Control
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Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2017 09:13
Last Modified:	03 Sep 2021 23:32
DOI or ID number:	10.2807/1560-7917.
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6769

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