Study: Vaccine protects women from group B strep bacteria
U.S. researchers found that women of childbearing age who received group B Streptococcus vaccine had a lower chance of carrying the bacteria in the vagina and gut than those who took a dummy vaccine. They think the vaccine could reduce pregnant women's risk of contracting the bacteria, which can cause blood and brain infections in newborns.
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This story published in BIO SmartBrief on 11/02/2009
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