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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 12, 1980 - Issue 2
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Quantitation of Serum Antibodies to Surface Antigens of Group B Streptococci Types Ia, Ib, and III: Low Antibody Levels in Mothers of Neonatally Infected Infants

Karen Kvist Christensen Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Poul Christensen Medical Microbiology, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Kerstin Dahlander Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Gerd Faxelius Departments of Pediatrics, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
,
Bengt Jacobson Departments of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Niels Svenningsen Pediatrics, University Hospital, Lund, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 105-110 | Published online: 02 Jan 2015

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