GBS Reported (n=13) GBS Not Reported (n=32)
Trimesters 1st trimester (1)
2nd trimester (0)
3rd trimester (3)
All trimesters (5)
2nd and 3rd (2)
Unspecified (2)
1st trimester (5)
2nd trimester (6)
3rd trimester (6)
All trimesters (12)
1st and 2nd (2)
2nd and 3rd (5)
Unspecified (1)
Number of pregnant women Mean: 111.154 (SD 121.817)
Range [8 - 450], Total # 1445
Mean: 82.594 (SD 91.331)
Range [6 - 461], Total # 2643
Number of vaginal specimens (11/13 studies; 2 unspecified)
Mean: 184
Standard deviation: 155.793
Range: [8 - 450]
Total #: around 2086
(32/32 studies)
Mean: 214
Standard deviation: 418.706
Range: [4 - 2179]
Total #: around 6848
DNA extraction kit QIAamp DNA Mini Kit (6)
MoBio PowerSoil Kit (3)
Custom (4)
QIAamp (6)
MoBio (13)
DNeasy (2)
Others (5)
Custom (5)
Sequencing method 16S rRNA Sequencing (13) 16S rRNA Sequencing (29)
Shotgun sequencing (2)
Cpn60 (2)
16S rRNA region V1-V2 (4), V1-V3 (3), V3-V4 (1), V4 (3), V6 (1), full (1) V1-V2 (2), V1-V3 (8), V2 (1), V3 (1), V3-V4 (3), V3-V5 (7), V4 (5), V4-V5 (1), V4-V6 (1), full (6)