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Group B streptococcus serotype prevalence in reproductive-age women at a tertiary care military medical center relative to global serotype distribution

BACKGROUND: Group B Streptococcus (GBS) serotype (Ia, Ib, II-IX) correlates with pathogen virulence and clinical prognosis. Epidemiological studies of seroprevalence are an important metric for determining the proportion of serotypes in a given population. The purpose of this study was to evaluate t...

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Autores principales: Ippolito, Danielle L, James, Wesley A, Tinnemore, Deborah, Huang , Raywin R, Dehart, Mary J, Williams, Julie, Wingerd, Mark A, Demons , Samandra T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21106080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-336