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Strep B vaccines could save tens of thousands of babies’ lives

A global campaign to vaccinate pregnant people would reduce not only infant mortality but also stillbirths and developmental damage.
Streptococcus agalactiae bacteria, coloured SEM.

Some pregnant people pass Streptococcus agalactiae bacteria (artificially coloured) to their babies, potentially causing pneumonia and meningitis. Credit: Eye of Science/SPL

A vaccine against the bacterial infection called Strep B could save tens of thousands of lives around the world1.

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Nature 615, 564 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00748-0

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  1. Procter, S. R. et al. PLoS Med. 20, e1004068 (2023).

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