Additional file 1: Table S1. of DNA-based culture-independent analysis detects the presence of group a streptococcus in throat samples from healthy adults in Japan

Samples collected from healthy adults. Table S2. GAS and other streptococcal isolates used for checking the specificities of all the primers used in this study. Table S3. The PCR conditions used for the culture-dependent and culture-independent studies. Table S4. The emm types detected in the samples, as determined by culture-independent and culture-dependent methods (XLS 48Â kb)