Bronner Gonçalves, Epidemiologist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has released a new article on the ‘Group B streptococcus infection during pregnancy and infancy: estimates of regional and global burden’, in Lancet Global Health April 2022. “Better ways to Read more…
Proma Paul, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has released a new manuscript on the ‘Neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes after invasive Group B Streptococcus in early infancy: A multi-country matched cohort study in South Africa, Mozambique, India, Read more…
“Every Country, Every Family: Group B Streptococcal Disease Worldwide” is a series of nine papers coordinated by LSHTM, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and involving 61 authors from 6 continents. Please find access to the supplement here: Read more…
Congratulations to Abeba Mengist, Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology in Debre Markos University, Ethiopia. Abeba’s poster submission ‘Vaginal Group B Streptococcus Colonization: Prevalence, Associated Factors and Antimicrobial Susceptibility pattern among Pregnant Women in Jimma, Ethiopia’, was awarded best poster prize Read more…
ISSAD is excited to announce that Dr Carol J. Baker will be taking part in moderating Track 1 at the ISSAD Conference in November. Formerly a professor of paediatrics, molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) from Read more…
ISSAD are excited to announce that the below speakers will be taking part in the keynote sessions at the ISSAD Conference in November. Dr Kate O’Brien will be taking part as a keynote speaker on the first day of the Read more…
Wednesday, 2 June 2021 – online #GBSconference2021 A Virtual Conference Group B Strep in Pregnancy & Babies on Wednesday, 2 June 2021 is a must-attend event for anyone interested in group B Strep. Group B Strep is the leading cause Read more…
Thank you for viewing our new ISSAD.org website, to optimise your experience to attend the ISSAD virtual conference on identifying and preventing morbidity and mortality caused by Streptococcus agalactiae. The hybrid conference takes place 3 – 5 November 2021. The Read more…