Etiological serotype and genotype distributions and clinical characteristics of group B streptococcus-inducing invasive disease among infants in South China

• Main Authors: Yao Zhu (Author), Jiayin Wu (Author), Xinyi Zheng (Author), Dengli Liu (Author), Liping Xu (Author), Dongmei Chen (Author), Wenying Qiu (Author), Zhongling Huang (Author), Ronghua Zhong (Author), Ling Chen (Author), Mingyuan He (Author), Simin Ma (Author), Yayin Lin (Author), Xinzhu Lin (Author), Chao Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Group B streptococcus (GBS)-induced invasive disease is a major cause of illness and death among infants aged under 90 days in China; however, invasive GBS infection remains unknown in China. We aimed to describe the serotype and genotype distributions of early-onset disease (EOD...