Low carriage rate of group B streptococcus in pregnant women in Maputo, Mozambique

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 427-429

  De Steenwinkel, Florentien D O ^a   Tak, Henrike V ^a   Muller, Anouk E ^b   Nouwen, Jan L ^a   Oostvogel, Paul M ^b   Mocumbi, Sibone M ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MC Haaglanden ^*  (Netherlands)

^c MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Maputo; Pregnant women; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; MATERNAL HEALTH; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RECTOVAGINAL SWAB; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOZAMBIQUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

AFRICA; MAPUTO [MOZAMBIQUE]; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 41849098847     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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