Estimation of country-level incidence of early-onset invasive Group B Streptococcus disease in infants using Bayesian methods.

Neonatal invasive disease caused by Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is responsible for much acute mortality and long-term morbidity. To guide development of better prevention strategies, including maternal vaccines that protect neonates against GBS, it is necessary to estimate the burden of this conditi...

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Main Authors: Bronner P Gonçalves, Simon R Procter, Sam Clifford, Artemis Koukounari, Proma Paul, Alexandra Lewin, Mark Jit, Joy Lawn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-06-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009001