Adoption of perinatal group B streptococcal disease prevention recommendations by prenatal-care providers - Connecticut and Minnesota, 1998

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 228-232

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ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; STANDARD; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

CONNECTICUT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MINNESOTA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0034708318     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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