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July 10, 2024Frontiers in MicrobiologyOpen Access

Genetic markers associated with host status and clonal expansion of Group B Streptococcus in the Netherlands

Uzma Basit Khan Victoria Dyster Chrispin Chaguza Nina M. van Sorge Diederik van de Beek Wing Kit Man Stephen D. Bentley Merijn W. Bijlsma Dorota Jamrozy

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Abstract

Certain Group B Streptococcus (GBS) genotypes are associated with invasive disease in neonates. We conducted a comparative genomic analysis of GBS isolates from neonatal disease and maternal carriage in the Netherlands to determine distribution of genetic markers between the two host groups.

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Khan et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e60bf9b6db64358759f27e https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1410651

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