Epidemiology of group B streptococcal disease in infants younger than 1 year in Japan: a nationwide surveillance study 2016–2020
Meiwa Shibata, Kousaku Matsubara, Kunihiro Matsunami, Isao Miyairi, Masashi Kasai, Masahiko Kai, Yoshinori Katayama, Tomoko Maruyama, Kirsty Le Doaré
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCase fatality rateEpidemiologyPediatricsGroup BIncidence (geometry)MeningitisDiseaseRetrospective cohort studyStreptococcusStreptococcus agalactiaeMedical microbiologySerotypeInternal medicineImmunologyBiologyBacteriaGeneticsPhysicsOpticsNeonatal and Maternal InfectionsStreptococcal Infections and TreatmentsPneumonia and Respiratory Infections