Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Clients Regarding Cervical Cancer Screening at Gynecology Consultations of the University Hospital of Cocody.

Background: Cervical cancer (CC) is a public health problem because of its increasing prevalence and mortality in low- and middle-income countries.

Objective: To study knowledge, attitudes, and practices about CC and screening among women in a referral hospital in Côte d'Ivoire, a sub-Saharan African country.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study, from September 1, 2020 to March 1, 2021, in the obstetric gynecology consultation unit of the University Hospital of Cocody.

Purification and characterization of KpsT, the ATP-binding component of the ABC-capsule exporter of Escherichia coli K1.

The K1 capsule, an alpha(2,8)-linked polymer of sialic acid, is an important virulence determinant of invasive Escherichia coli. The 17-kb kps gene cluster of E. coli K1 encodes the information necessary for capsule expression at the cell surface.