Risk factors for Group B Streptococcus colonisation and disease in Gambian women and their infants

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Authors

Kirsty Le Doaré · St George's, University of London

Sheikh Jarju · MRC Unit the Gambia

Saffiatou Darboe · MRC Unit the Gambia

Fiona Warburton · Public Health England

Andrew Gorringe · Public Health England

Paul T. Heath · St George's, University of London

Beate Kampmann ·

Abstract

GBS colonisation is common in Gambian women at delivery and in their infants to day 60-89 and is dominated by serotype V. In addition to maternal colonisation, breastmilk and season of birth are important risk factors for infant GBS colonisation.

Topics & Keywords

Neonatal and Maternal Infections Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Infection

Volume 72, Issue 3, pp. 283-294

DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.12.014

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