Sexual behavior and vaginal colonization by group B streptococcus among minority women*
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Feasibility of oral prenatal probiotics against maternal group B streptococcus vaginal and rectal colonization
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This research was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health grant, SG 5 UOI AI31498-Clinical Core.