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Spring 2020
Group B Streptococci (GBS) is the leading cause of invasive diseases in neonates, pregnant women and non-pregnant adult. In order to cause invasive disease, GBS encodes several virulence factors that are involved in the disease process. One such factor is the moonlighting glycolytic enzyme,...
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Molecular Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae Isolates from Human Cases of Invasive Disease Collected in Alberta, Canada: 2003-2013
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Capsular polysaccharide (CPS) surrounding the Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a major virulence factor for GBS. There are 10 recognized CPS types (Ia, Ib and II-IX). A GBS isolate is non-typeable (NT) when CPS cannot be identified as one of the 10 CPS types. All genes required for CPS synthesis...