Despite a steady decline in average blood lead levels in the US population, approximately
0.5% of women of childbearing age may have blood levels exceeding 10 μg/dl. Strong …

… 2) Published studies indicate that only 15–25% of couples in early pregnancy are discordant
in their HSV serologic status with the pregnant woman at risk (Gardella C, Brown Z, Wald A, …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of live-birth certificates
and hospital discharge data that reported of pre-existing maternal medical conditions and …

Background The herpesviruses are double-stranded DNA viruses that include several clinically
important viruses during pregnancy: herpes simplex virus (HSV), varicella zoster virus, …

… We trained this function f by varying A, b and c with the objective that f xð Þ should be +1 for
the ground truth spikes, and Ā1 otherwise. These parameters were optimized by a stochastic …

… Gardella MD a , Melanie Taylor MD b , Thomas Benedetti MD a , Jane Hitti MD, MPH a ,
Cathy Critchlow PhD c … Reprint requests: Carolyn Gardella, MD, Box 356460, Department of …

While the impact of maternal morbidities and intrapartum procedures is a common topic in
perinatal outcomes research, the accuracy of the reporting of these variables in the large …

METHODS We previously performed bacterial cultures and 16S rDNA PCR assays on amniotic
fluid samples aseptically obtained by ultrasound-guided transabdominal amniocentesis …

… Carolyn Gardella … C, Densities of dual-positive HLA-DR/CCR5-expressing cells (left y-axis)
and percentages of HLA-DR+ T cells coexpressing CCR5 (right y-axis) in 17 women. The …

OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for group B streptococcus (GBS) colonization in pregnancy,
hypothesizing that health care workers may have increased risk. METHODS: Population-…