Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in South Africa: Importance of Surveillance Methodology

• Vanessa Quan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vanessa Quan, Jennifer R. Verani

  * E-mail: vanessaq@nicd.ac.za

  Current address: Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, 2131, Gauteng, South Africa

  Affiliation National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Jennifer R. Verani ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Vanessa Quan, Jennifer R. Verani

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Cheryl Cohen ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Anne von Gottberg ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Susan Meiring ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Clare L. Cutland ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Stephanie J. Schrag ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Shabir A. Madhi

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Science and Technology / National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Gauteng, South Africa

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