significant environmental effect and genetic susceptibility. Genetic polymorphisms in CD1E,
CD1A, IL‐17, and/or ICAM1 had been proposed as susceptibility genetic variants for GBS
mainly in Caucasian population. This study explores the association between selected
polymorphisms in these genes and GBS susceptibility in confirmed GBS cases reported in
mestizo population from northern Peru during the most recent GBS outbreak of May 2018 …