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Breast milk and Group B streptococcal infection: Vector of transmission or vehicle for protection?

Invasive Group-B streptococcal (GBS) disease is a leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity worldwide. GBS colonises the maternal rectum and vagina and transmission of bacteria from a colonized mother to her infant at birth is an important risk factor for GBS disease. GBS disease has also been...

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Autores principales: Le Doare, Kirsty, Kampmann, Beate
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.04.020