2010 Incidence of preventable GBS infection in babies in the UK remains unchanged

The incidence of GBS infection in babies unchanged in 2009 – Data on how many group B Strep infections in newborn babies reported in 2009 in England and Wales were published in November 2010.  The incidence has been rising – by over 28% between 2003 and 2008 for early-onset GBS infections. Disappointingly, there’s been little change in 2009 – we had hoped we’d see a drop but sadly, that’s not happened. Click on this link to see the report.