Epidemiology of group B Streptococcus in developing countries

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue S4, 2013, Pages

  Johri, Atul Kumar ^a   Lata, Hem ^a   Yadav, Puja ^a   Dua, Meenakshi ^a   Yang, Yonghong ^b   Xu, Xiaoning ^c   Homma, Akira ^d   Barocchi, Michèle Anne ^c   Bottomley, Matthew J ^c   Saul, Allan ^c   Klugman, Keith P ^e   Black, Steven ^f  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^d Instituto de Technologia em Imunobiologicos   (Brazil)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Group B Streptococcus; Maternal immunization; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LIVE BIRTH; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VACCINATION;

GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS; MATERNAL IMMUNIZATION; NEONATAL;

BRAZIL; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MASS VACCINATION; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84882948169     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.094     Document Type: Review

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