Incidence and duration of group B Streptococcus by serotype among male and female college students living in a single dormitory

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 544-551

  Foxman, Betsy ^a,d   Gillespie, Brenda ^a   Manning, Shannon D ^b   Howard, Laura J ^c   Tallman, Patricia ^a   Zhang, Lixin ^a   Marrs, Carl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Incidence; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICHIGAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 33644893942     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj075     Document Type: Article

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