News tagged with b streptococcus
Third trimester group B streptococcus test doesn't accurately predict presence during labor
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that show that many women are having different ...
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Progress made on group B streptococcus vaccine
Scientists supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have completed a Phase II clinical study that indicates a vaccine to prevent Group B Streptococcus ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Pre-chewed food could transmit HIV
Researchers have uncovered the first cases in which HIV almost certainly was transmitted from mothers or other caregivers to children through pre-chewed food. The source of HIV in the pre-chewed food was most likely the infected ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Leading pathogen in newborns can suppress immune cell function
Group B Streptococcus (GBS), a bacterial pathogen that causes sepsis and meningitis in newborn infants, is able to shut down immune cell function in order to promote its own survival, according to researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 13, 2009 |
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