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Volume 32, Number 10—October 2026

Synopsis

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Group B Streptococcus Rectovaginal Colonization Rates and Serotype Distribution among Pregnant Women, Asia-Pacific Region, 2014–2025

Zheng Quan TohComments to Author , Lien Anh Ha Do, Darren Suryawijaya Ong, Claire von Mollendorf1, and Fiona M. Russell1
Author affiliation: Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Main Article

Figure 1

Flow diagram of selection criteria in study of rectovaginal colonization rates and serotype distribution among pregnant women, Asia-Pacific region, 2014–2025. We followed the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines (PRISMA; https://www.prisma-statement.org) and used MEDLINE (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medline), Embase (https://www.embase.com), and PubMed (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) databases to identify included studies. Covidence systematic review management software (https://www.covidence.org) was used to screen and identify duplicate studies.

Figure 1. Flow diagram of selection criteria in study of rectovaginal colonization rates and serotype distribution among pregnant women, Asia-Pacific region, 2014–2025. We followed the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines (PRISMA; https://www.prisma-statement.org) and used MEDLINE (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medline), Embase (https://www.embase.com), and PubMed (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) databases to identify included studies. Covidence systematic review management software (https://www.covidence.org) was used to screen and identify duplicate studies.

Main Article

1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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