Quantifying long-term health and economic outcomes for survivors of group B Streptococcus invasive disease in infancy: protocol of a multi-country study in Argentina, India, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa

Sepsis and meningitis due to invasive group B Streptococcus (iGBS) disease during early infancy is a leading cause of child mortality. Recent systematic estimates of the worldwide burden of GBS suggested that there are 319,000 cases of infant iGBS disease each year, and an estimated 147,000 stillbir...

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Main Authors: Paul, P, Procter, SR, Dangor, Z, Bassat, Q, Abubakar, A, Santhanam, S, Libster, R, Gonçalves, BP, Madhi, SA, Bardají, A, Mwangome, E, Mabrouk, A, John, HB, Sánchez Yanotti, C, Chandna, J, Sithole, P, Mucasse, H, Katana, PV, Koukounari, A, Harden, LM, Aerts, C, Ghoor, A, Leahy, S, Mbatha, S, Lowick, S, Lala, SG, Bramugy, J, Newton, C, Tanvir Hossain, AKM, Sadeq-ur Rahman, Q, Lambach, P, Jit, M, Lawn, JE
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2020