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Review on the association of Group B Streptococcus capsular antibody and protection against invasive disease in infants

Ziyaad DangorDepartment of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa;Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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Gaurav KwatraDepartment of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa;Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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Alane IzuDepartment of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa;Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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Sanjay G LalaDepartment of Paediatrics, Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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Shabir A MadhiDepartment of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa;Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa;National Institute for Communicable: a Division of National Health Laboratory Service Diseases, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, 1 Modderfontein Road, Johannesburg 2131, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 135-149 | Published online: 22 Sep 2014

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