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Possible solution to Group B streptococci infection in newborn infants

CNRS France and a team of Portuguese researchers at the Istitut Pasteur have just identified a protein in a micro-organism which allows it to colonise a host by modulating its immune system and may show the way to combat Group B Streptococci.

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