Prevalence, capsular type distribution, anthropometric and obstetric factors of Group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) colonization in pregnancy

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 115-120

  Moyo, S R ^a,d   Mudzori, J ^b   Tswana, S A ^a   Maeland, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Chinhoyi General Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034189452     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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