Association between vaginal washing and group B Streptococcus colonization from periconception through the first trimester of pregnancy in a cohort of Kenyan women

• Clayton S. Jisuvei ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: salano.clayton@gmail.com (CSJ); mcclell@uw.edu (RSM)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• John Kinuthia,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, Research and Programs, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Barbra A. Richardson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Sujatha Srinivasan,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Erica M. Lokken,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Kishor Mandaliya,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathcare Laboratory, Mombasa, Kenya

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• Walter Jaoko,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Matthew Munch,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Tina L. Fiedler,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• David N. Fredricks,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Raymond Scott McClelland

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: salano.clayton@gmail.com (CSJ); mcclell@uw.edu (RSM)

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2574-4201

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