Epidemiology of group B streptococcal disease in the United States: Shifting paradigms

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 497-513

  Schuchat, Anne ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031875613     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.11.3.497     Document Type: Review

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