Group B Streptococcus colonization during pregnancy and maternal-fetal transmission in Zimbabwe

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-255

  Mavenyengwa, Rooyen T ^a,b   Afset, Jan Egil ^b,c   Schei, Berit ^c,d   Berg, Synnøve ^d   Caspersen, Tone ^d   Bergseng, Håkon ^b,c   Moyo, Sylvester R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; GBS colonization; Risk factors; Transmission rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URBAN AREA; VAGINA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MECONIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URBAN POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 76449085566     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016340903398029     Document Type: Article

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