GBS & the vaginal microbiome throughout pregnancy

7/10/2023

Dr Alison Carey

About the researcher

Dr Carey has been working in the field of GBS research for over 12 yrs, with expertise in host-pathogen interactions and vaccine development. During this time, she developed one of the first animal models of vaginal GBS colonization. Her current research interests are understanding the interactions in the vagina that occur between host (mother) and GBS.

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Group B Strep International

7/10/2023 10:17:08 pm

Thank you, Dr. Carey, for presenting for us again and sharing this very important research!

Jessica Pettit

7/11/2023 10:29:26 am

Coming from a GBS Mama, thank you and your team so very much for all the efforts and research in this disease. I am so grateful for all of you!

Marti Perhach

7/11/2023 04:36:30 pm

Thank you for informing us about your research! Was there anything in particular that stood out as far as dietary intake in the patient surveys that were taken?

Alison Carey

7/12/2023 10:06:36 pm

Thanks Marti! I haven't looked at the dietary side of it yet - would be very interesting though. I did sequence samples from women who were taking probiotics at the time of sample collection and we didn't find any stark differences, though the sample size was small.

Ashley Hernandez

7/11/2023 10:22:22 pm

Wow, this is extremely interesting work. Thank you for your dedication! Ever since my daughter passed away from Prenatal Onset GBS in 2015, I have been interested in understanding what is going on in my vagina during my subsequent pregnancies and how to keep the microbiome as healthy as possible for my developing babies. I would love to understand more about what changes that microbiome? What causes more bacteria diversity? How does more diversity happen, simultaneously as GBS appears to be the cause of the reduction of beneficial bacteria in the vagina? Why does it allow other bacteria to proliferate?

Alison Carey

7/12/2023 10:12:29 pm

I'm so very sorry for your loss!
It's a bit of the chicken or the egg - can GBS establish there because there's an imbalance or does GBS establish and contribute to causing an imbalance? Our work with this is still ongoing, hopefully with bigger numbers we might see if there are discreet changes in the microbiome that then lead to that large shift to that diverse bacterial community. Probiotics might be one key to improving the microbiome, improving our gut microbiome helps a lot! of things

Facebook post comment from Nadine B.

7/13/2023 08:51:18 pm

Very interesting findings. Thank you for sharing. 😊

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