Hypervirulent Clone of Group B Streptococcus Serotype III Sequence Type 283, Hong Kong, 1993–2012

We describe a hypervirulent clone of group B Streptococcus serotype III, subtype 4, sequence type 283, that caused invasive disease with a predilection for meningitis in Hong Kong during 1993–2012. The organism is associated with high mortality and increased summer prevalence and is linked to diseas...

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Autores principales: Ip, Margaret, Ang, Irene, Fung, Kitty, Liyanapathirana, Veranja, Luo, Ming Jing, Lai, Raymond
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5038432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648702
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2210.151436

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5038432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648702
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2210.151436

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