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Volume 31, Number 1—January 2025
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Invasive Group B Streptococcus Infections Caused by Hypervirulent Clone of S. agalactiae Sequence Type 283, Hong Kong, China, 20211

Carmen Li2, Herman Tse2, Chendi Zhu, Garnet Kwan Yue Choi, Alfred Lok-Hang Lee, Jun Yang, Norman Wai-Sing Lo, Daisy Tsz-Yung Hui, Christina Kin-Yi Chow, Sandy Ka-Yee Chau, Jimmy Lam, Kristine Luk, Tak-Lun Que, Kitty Sau-Chun Fung, Cindy Tse, Sally Cheuk-Ying Wong, David Christopher Lung, Viola Chi-Ying Chow, and Margaret IpComments to Author 
Author affiliation: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (C. Li, C. Zhu, J. Yang, N.W.-S. Lo, M. Ip); Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore (H. Tse); Hong Kong Children’s Hospital, Hong Kong (G.K.Y. Choi, S.C.-Y. Wong, D.C. Lung); Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong (A.L.-H. Lee, V.C.-Y. Chow); Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong (D.T.-Y. Hui, C.K.-Y. Chow, S.C.-Y. Wong, D.C. Lung); United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong (S.K.-Y Chau, K.S.-C. Fung); Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong (J. Lam); Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong (K. Luk); Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong (T.-L. Que); Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong (C. Tse)

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Figure 1

Invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection incidence from September 2–November 6 (weeks 35–44), 2021, in 17 public hospitals across Hong Kong, China. The gray dotted line indicates the weekly mean number of invasive GBS infections for the same weeks in 2019. *Environmental sampling for GBS occurred during week 39 at local wet markets, and during week 40, a special bulletin was issued to raise public awareness of the upsurging cases. ST, sequence type.

Figure 1. Invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection incidence from September 2–November 6 (weeks 35–44), 2021, in 17 public hospitals across Hong Kong, China. The gray dotted line indicates the weekly mean number of invasive GBS infections for the same weeks in 2019. *Environmental sampling for GBS occurred during week 39 at local wet markets, and during week 40, a special bulletin was issued to raise public awareness of the upsurging cases. ST, sequence type.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 3rd ISSAD (International Symposium on ‘Streptococcus agalactiae’ Disease); October 16–18, 2023; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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