title: Acquisition and transmission of group B Streptococcus during pregnancy.
abstract: Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis. We followed up 78 pregnant couples for < or =2 months to estimate the risk of GBS transmission. Among couples with discordant GBS status, we observed 1 male-to-female transmission event (1 of 3 couples in which the woman was GBS negative at enrollment), but no female-to-male transmission events (0 of 8 couples in which the man was GBS negative at enrollment).
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA. bfoxman@umich.edu
authors.forename: Betsy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Foxman
authors.forename: Carmen L B
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: de Azevedo
authors.forename: Miatta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buxton
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DeBusscher
authors.forename: Parvathy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.forename: Newton S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: De Carvalho
authors.forename: Cibele
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barbosa-Cesnik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae