Clinical characteristics and molecular epidemiology of invasive Streptococcus agalactiae infections between 2007 and 2016 in Nara, Japan

• Nobuyasu Hirai,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Pathogen, Infection and Immunity, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan, Center for Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3612-7340

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• Kei Kasahara ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kassan@naramed-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Ryuichi Nakano,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Yoshihiko Ogawa,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Yuki Suzuki,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Miho Ogawa,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation BML Biomedical Laboratories R&D Center, Inc., Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan

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• Naokuni Hishiya,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7612-8199

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• Akiyo Nakano,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1379-384X

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• Sadahiro Ichimura,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation BML Biomedical Laboratories R&D Center, Inc., Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan

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• Hisakazu Yano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Masahide Yoshikawa

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Pathogen, Infection and Immunity, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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