TABLE 1.
Characteristics of GBS isolates
| Isolate type | Country | Source | Count | No. invasive | No. missing data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human | Malawi | This worka | 303 | 131 | 6 |
| Kenya | Seale et al. (63) | 1034 | 71 | 0 | |
| USA | Flores et al. (64) | 99 | 99 | 0 | |
| Canada | Teatero et al. (31) | 141 | 141 | 0 | |
| The Netherlands | PRJEB14124b | 300 | unknown | 300 | |
| Unknown | ***c | 24 | unknown | 24 | |
| Animald | Italy | *** | 3 | ||
| Kenya | *** | 2 | |||
| Germany | *** | 1 | |||
| Brazil | *** | 1 | |||
| Unknown | *** | 80 | |||
a
Isolated from Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre.
b
Jamrozy et al. (65).
c
***, Genomes retrieved from https://pubmlst.org/. Full metadata are reported in Table S1.
d
Animal isolates are reported to be isolated from cattle (n = 49), fish (n = 23), frogs (n = 3), or other animal sources (n = 12).