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SUBMITTER: Baker CJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3923540 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baker Carol J CJ Carey Vincent J VJ Rench Marcia A MA Edwards Morven S MS Hillier Sharon L SL Kasper Dennis L DL Platt Richard R
The Journal of infectious diseases 20131016 5
<h4>Background</h4>Further reduction in the group B streptococcal (GBS) disease burden in neonates in the United States awaits an additional prevention strategy, such as maternal immunization.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a prospective, multicenter, case-control study of 33 mothers delivering neonates with early onset GBS infection (cases), and 99 age- and ethnicity-matched mothers colonized with the same capsular polysaccharide (CPS) types delivering healthy neonates (controls). Relative risk an ...[more]