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ArticleNature communications2024

Overlapping Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis household transmission and mobile genetic element exchange.

Ouli Xie, Cameron Zachreson, Gerry Tonkin-Hill, David J Price, Jake A Lacey, Jacqueline M Morris, Malcolm I McDonald, Asha C Bowen, Philip M Giffard, Bart J Currie and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
9.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Ouli XieDepartment of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5032-1932
Cameron ZachresonSchool of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0578-4049
Gerry Tonkin-HillDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
David J PriceDepartment of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0076-3123
Jake A LaceyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6492-6983
Jacqueline M MorrisDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4934-7369
Malcolm I McDonaldDivision of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Asha C BowenWesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia and Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3242-1155
Philip M GiffardGlobal and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia.
Bart J CurrieGlobal and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8878-8837
Jonathan R CarapetisWesfarmers Centre for Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia and Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia.
Deborah C HoltGlobal and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4951-1891
Stephen D BentleyWellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8094-3751
Mark R Davies *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6141-5179
Steven Y C Tong *Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. steven.tong@unimelb.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1368-8356
The University of Melbourne · AUCharles Darwin University · AUThe Kids Research Institute Australia · AUAustralian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine · AUThe Royal Melbourne Hospital · AUUniversity of Oslo · NOWellcome Sanger Institute · GB

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 206194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis (SDSE) and Streptococcus pyogenes share skin and throat niches with extensive genomic homology and horizontal gene transfer (HGT) possibly underlying shared disease phenotypes. It is unknown if cross-species transmission interaction occurs. Here, we conduct a genomic analysis of a longitudinal household survey in remote Australian First Nations communities for patterns of cross-species transmission interaction and HGT. Collected from 4547 person-consultations, we analyse 294 SDSE and 315 S. pyogenes genomes. We find SDSE and S. pyogenes transmission intersects extensively among households and show that patterns of co-occurrence and transmission links are consistent with independent transmission without inter-species interference. We identify at least one of three near-identical cross-species mobile genetic elements (MGEs) carrying antimicrobial resistance or streptodornase virulence genes in 55 (19%) SDSE and 23 (7%) S. pyogenes isolates. These findings demonstrate co-circulation of both pathogens and HGT in communities with a high burden of streptococcal disease, supporting a need to integrate SDSE and S. pyogenes surveillance and control efforts.

Indexed as

Gene Transfer, HorizontalInterspersed Repetitive SequencesStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcusStreptococcus pyogenesAdolescentAdultAustraliaChildChild, PreschoolDrug Resistance, BacterialFamily CharacteristicsFemaleGenome, BacterialHumansLongitudinal Studies

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PMID38658529
PMCPMC11043366
OpenAlexW4395069207

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