Group B streptococcal disease in UK and Irish infants younger than 90 days

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9405, 2004, Pages 292-294

  Heath, Paul T ^a,e   Balfour, Gail ^a   Weisner, Abbie M ^c   Efstratiou, Androulla ^c   Lamagni, Theresa L ^b   Tighe, Helen ^a   O'Connell, Liam A F ^d   Cafferkey, Mary ^d   Verlander, Neville Q ^b   Nicoll, Angus ^b   McCartney, A Christine ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 9144228036     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15389-5     Document Type: Article

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