@article{3a8c4586513549838cd0559cb5b35dd1,
title = "Serological profiling of group A Streptococcus infections in acute rheumatic fever",
abstract = "Rheumatic fever is a serious post-infectious sequela of group A Streptococcus (GAS). Prior GAS exposures were mapped in sera using a large panel of M-type specific peptides. Rheumatic fever patients had serological evidence of significantly more GAS exposures than matched controls suggesting immune priming by repeat infections contributes to pathogenesis.",
keywords = "Antigens, Bacterial, Humans, Rheumatic Fever/complications, Streptococcal Infections/complications, Streptococcus pyogenes",
author = "Natalie Lorenz and Ho, {Timothy K C} and Reuben McGregor and Davies, {Mark R} and Williamson, {Deborah A} and Gurney, {Jason K} and Smeesters, {Pierre R} and Baker, {Michael G} and Moreland, {Nicole J}",
note = "This work was supported by the Auckland Medical Research Foundation and the Maurice Wilkins Centre for Biodiscovery. The Rheumatic Fever Risk Factors study, from which samples were obtained, was funded by the Heath Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) Rheumatic Fever Research Partnership (Ministry of Health, Te Puni Kōkiri, Cure Kids, Heart Foundation, and HRC).",
year = "2021",
month = dec,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1093/cid/ciab180",
language = "English",
volume = "73",
pages = "2322--2325",
journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1058-4838",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "12",
}