title: Factors associated with primary cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy.
abstract: We compared a group of 40 susceptible pregnant women who acquired CMV during gestation with a group of 86 women of similar race and socioeconomic background who remained seronegative to define factors associated with the risk of CMV infection during pregnancy. A logistic regression model using a stepwise procedure showed that a positive statistically significant correlation occurred with the age of the mother, the father's high-intensity contact with young children, and children living at home. A negative correlation occurred with mother's high-risk intensity contact with children outside the home. This study underlines the possibility that pregnant women may acquire CMV infection introduced into the household by their young children and husbands, a phenomenon that is reminiscent of rubella infection.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000407:Alabama; D002648:Child; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000635:transmission; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D009790:Occupations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*