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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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine Jg. 371; H. 10; S. 918 - 931
Hauptverfasser: 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
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Waltham, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 04.09.2014
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ISSN:0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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Zusammenfassung: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 vaccination by the World Health Organization (WHO) 1 because of their heightened susceptibility to severe influenza from the second trimester to the early postpartum period. 2 , 3 Since pregnancy is associated with immunomodulation, including the attenuation of cell-mediated immune responses, 4 the efficacy of inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) in pregnant women may differ from its efficacy in healthy nonpregnant women and in men. 5 This difference in vaccine efficacy could be further accentuated in pregnant women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), who are at heightened risk for severe influenza illness 6 – . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1401480