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| Title: | Group B Streptococcus sequence type 283 disease linked to consumption of raw fish, Singapore | Authors: | Rajendram, P Kyaw, W.M Leo, Y.S Ho, H Chen, W.K Lin, R Pratim, D.P Badaruddin, H Ang, B Barkham, T Chow, A |
Keywords: | adult age aged Article case control study Charlson Comorbidity Index clinical article controlled study female fish food intake gene sequence group B streptococcal infection group B Streptococcus sequence type 283 infection hospitalization human male middle aged multilocus sequence typing prospective study questionnaire raw food Singapore Streptococcus agalactiae very elderly classification fish product food poisoning genetics health survey microbiology odds ratio risk factor Streptococcus infection transmission Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Case-Control Studies Female Fish Products Foodborne Diseases Humans Male Middle Aged Odds Ratio Population Surveillance Risk Factors Singapore Streptococcal Infections Streptococcus agalactiae |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Publisher: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | Citation: | Rajendram, P, Kyaw, W.M, Leo, Y.S, Ho, H, Chen, W.K, Lin, R, Pratim, D.P, Badaruddin, H, Ang, B, Barkham, T, Chow, A (2016). Group B Streptococcus sequence type 283 disease linked to consumption of raw fish, Singapore. Emerging Infectious Diseases 22 (11) : 1974-1977. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2211.160252 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International | Abstract: | An outbreak of invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) disease occurred in Singapore in mid-2015. We conducted a case–control study of 22 adults with invasive GBS infections during June 21–November 21, 2015. Consumption of raw fish was strongly associated with invasive sequence type 283 infections, but not with non–sequence type 283 infections. © 2016, Emerging Infectious Diseases. All rights reserved. | Source Title: | Emerging Infectious Diseases | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/179280 | ISSN: | 1080-6040 | DOI: | 10.3201/eid2211.160252 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International |
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