Associations between nasopharyngeal carriage of Group B Streptococcus and other respiratory pathogens during early infancy

Table 1 Demographic characteristic of 1170 Gambian 2-month old infants participants

Characteristic	n (%)	%
Sex
Male	579	49.5
Female	591	50.5
Place of birth
Other^b	98	8.4
Health Facility	1072	91.6
Sleep Rm^a
0	374	32.4
1	433	37.5
2	214	18.5
3^b	134	11.6
History of previous antibiotic use
No	1170	100
Yes	0	0
History of ARI
No	1041	89.0
Yes	129	11.0

ARI acute respiratory infection; ^aNumber of other siblings <5 years sleeping in the same room with subject (data available for 1155 infants); ^bOther, At home/delivered by a traditional birth attendant

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