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Molecular characteristics of group B Streptococcus isolates from infants in southern mainland China
18 Sept 2019
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BACKGROUND: Invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease in Chinese infants has gradually gained attention in recent years, but the molecular epidemiology of the pathogen is still not well known. METHODS: This multicenter study retrospectively investigated distribution of capsular serotypes, sequence types (STs), and hypervirulent GBS adhesin gene (hvgA) in clinical GBS isolates that caused invasive disease in...
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