Influenza Vaccination of Pregnant Women and Protection of Their Infants

In two trials of a trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in pregnant women in South Africa, HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected vaccine recipients had increased influenza antibody titers and decreased influenza attack rates. Pregnant women are designated as a priority group for seasonal influenza vacc...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 371; no. 10; pp. 918 - 931
Main Authors:	Madhi, Shabir A, Cutland, Clare L, Kuwanda, Locadiah, Weinberg, Adriana, Hugo, Andrea, Jones, Stephanie, Adrian, Peter V, van Niekerk, Nadia, Treurnicht, Florette, Ortiz, Justin R, Venter, Marietjie, Violari, Avy, Neuzil, Kathleen M, Simões, Eric A.F, Klugman, Keith P, Nunes, Marta C
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Waltham, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 04.09.2014
Subjects:	Adult Babies Biological and medical sciences Double-Blind Method Female General aspects Hemagglutination inhibition HIV HIV Infections - complications HIV Infections - immunology Human immunodeficiency virus Human viral diseases Humans Immune response Immunization Immunogenicity Infant Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature Infants Infectious diseases Influenza Influenza Vaccines - immunology Influenza, Human - prevention & control Kaplan-Meier Estimate Male Medical sciences Neonates Polymerase chain reaction Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - immunology Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - prevention & control Pregnancy Outcome Seroconversion South Africa Vaccination Vaccine efficacy Vaccines Vaccines, Inactivated - immunology Viral diseases Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases Womens health Young Adult South Africa United States > US Human Vaccination Infant Infection Prevention Pregnancy Medicine Immunoprophylaxis Viral disease Influenza Female Woman Protection
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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