A molecular epidemiological investigation of group B streptococcus

A multilocus sequence typing (MLST) system for group B streptococcus (GBS) has been developed and validated on a global collection of human GBS strains isolated from carriage and invasive disease. A carriage study was performed, over a 3-year period, to establish the rate of carriage ofGBS in pregna...

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Main Author: Jones, Nicola
Published: Open University 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.402623