Worldwide maternal vaccination against group B Streptococcus (GBS), a pathogen that can cause morbidity and mortality in pregnant people and their infants, could avoid 214 300 cases of severe disease—which often present as meningitis and sepsis—in their children, as well as prevent 31 100 infant deaths, among other outcomes, according to estimates based on 140 million pregnant women from 183 countries.
Source: JAMA Online First