Prevalence of maternal colonisation with group B streptococcus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1076-1084

  Kwatra, Gaurav ^a   Cunnington, Marianne C ^b   Merrall, Elizabeth ^c   Adrian, Peter V ^a   Ip, Margaret ^d   Klugman, Keith P ^a,e,f   Tam, Wing Hung ^d   Madhi, Shabir A ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Netherlands)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84969759687     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30055-X     Document Type: Article

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