Article
Temporal population structure of invasive Group B <i>Streptococcus</i> during a period of rising disease incidence shows expansion of a CC17 clone
2018-10-18
Abstract excerpt
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of neonatal invasive disease worldwide. In the Netherlands, the incidence of the disease increased, despite the introduction of prevention guidelines in 1999. This was accompanied by changes in pathogen genotype distribution, with a significant increase in the prevalence of isolates belonging to clonal complex (CC) 17. To better understand the mechanisms of temporal ch...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 629ce91c-7194-59f2-b2c3-923b94955d63
- DOI
- 10.1101/447037
