Variation in reported neonatal group B streptococcal disease incidence in developing countries

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-102

  Dagnew, Alemnew F ^a   Cunnington, Marianne C ^b   Dube, Queen ^c   Edwards, Morven S ^d   French, Neil ^e   Heyderman, Robert S ^c   Madhi, Shabir A ^f,g   Slobod, Karen ^b   Clemens, Sue Ann Costa ^h  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Global Development   (United States)

^c MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f National Institute for Communicable Diseases   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^h Instituto de Pós Graduaão Médica Carlos Chagas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84862224447     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis395     Document Type: Review

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