PlumX Metrics
Embed PlumX Metrics

Invasive Group B Streptococcus Infections Caused by Hypervirulent Clone of S. agalactiae Sequence Type 283, Hong Kong, China, 2021

Emerging Infectious Diseases, ISSN: 1080-6059, Vol: 31, Issue: 1, Page: 149-159
2025
  • 0
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 4
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
Metric Options:   Counts1 Year3 Year

Metrics Details

Article Description

During September–October 2021, group B Streptococcus bloodstream infections surged among patients hospitalized in Hong Kong. Of 95 cases, 57 were caused by the hypervirulent strain sequence type 283, which at the time was also found in freshwater fish and wet market environments and thus poses a transmission threat.

Bibliographic Details

Li, Carmen; Tse, Herman; Zhu, Chendi; Choi, Garnet Kwan Yue; Lee, Alfred Lok-Hang; Yang, Jun; Lo, Norman Wai-Sing; Hui, Daisy Tsz-Yung; Chow, Christina Kin-Yi; Chau, Sandy Ka-Yee; Lam, Jimmy; Luk, Kristine; Que, Tak-Lun; Fung, Kitty Sau-Chun; Tse, Cindy; Wong, Sally Cheuk-Ying; Lung, David Christopher; Chow, Viola Chi-Ying; Ip, Margaret

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Medicine

Provide Feedback

Have ideas for a new metric? Would you like to see something else here?Let us know