Colonization in the rectum and uterine cervix with group B streptococci may induce specific antibody responses in cervical secretions of pregnant women

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1643-1652

  Hordnes, Knut ^a,d   Tynning, Turid ^a   Kvam, Augusta Irene ^b   Jonsson, Roland ^a   Haneberg, Bjørn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0029892020     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.5.1643-1652.1996     Document Type: Article

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