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Population structure of group B streptococcus from a low-incidence region for invasive neonatal disease.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jun 2005
Bisharat Naiel, Jones Nicola, Marchaim Dror, Block Colin, Harding Rosalind M, Yagupsky Pablo, Peto Tim, Crook Derrick W
Abstract excerpt
The population structure of group B streptococcus (GBS) from a low-incidence region for invasive neonatal disease (Israel) was investigated using multilocus genotype data. The strain collection consisted of isolates from maternal carriage (n=104) and invasive neonatal disease (n=50), resolving into 46 sequence types. The most prevalent sequence types were ST-1 (17.5 %), ST-19 (10.4 %), ST-17 (9.7 %), ST-22 (8.4...
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